Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Preliminary matters, loan advances, and New Zealand-based and overseas-based borrowers - Establishment of student loan

18: Commissioner must notify borrowers of loan advances

You could also call this:

"The government lets you know when they start looking after your student loan"

When you get a student loan, the Commissioner will tell you about it in writing. This happens when the loan is moved to the Commissioner's care. The Commissioner will send you a notice that explains some important things about your loan.

The notice will cover a period of up to 6 months. It will tell you about all the money you've borrowed during that time. The notice will also show you how much you owe in total at the start and end of this period.

You have the right to disagree with what the notice says about your loan. The notice will explain how you can do this. You'll have at least 31 days to tell the loan manager if you think something is wrong.

The Commissioner might also include other helpful information in the notice. This is to make sure you understand everything about your student loan.

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Part 1Preliminary matters, loan advances, and New Zealand-based and overseas-based borrowers
Establishment of student loan

18Commissioner must notify borrowers of loan advances

  1. The Commissioner must notify a borrower in writing if a loan advance debt that belongs to that borrower is transferred to the Commissioner in accordance with section 17(1).

  2. The notification must—

  3. specify the period to which it applies, which must not be greater than 6 months; and
    1. set out the details of all loan advances that have been made or charged to the borrower (and that the Commissioner has been notified of in accordance with section 17(1)) during that period; and
      1. specify the borrower's consolidated loan balance on the first and last days of the period to which it applies; and
        1. set out the borrower's right, under sections 167 to 171, to object to the details of a loan advance set out in the notification; and
          1. state the date on or before which an objection by the borrower under section 167 must be received by the loan manager, which must be at least 31 days after the date on which the borrower is notified in accordance with this section; and
            1. provide any other information that the Commissioner considers appropriate.