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Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Interest, relief, penalties and offences, rights of objection, and rights to challenge - Dispute procedures and rights to challenge - Rights to challenge and challenge procedures

181: Challenge to prohibition on applications or declarations

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“You can challenge if you're not allowed to make special requests about your student loan”

If you’re borrowing money for your studies, there are times when you might not be allowed to ask for certain things. This rule is about what you can do if you’re told you can’t make a special request or statement.

You might want to ask for your repayments to be based on your income, or you might want to say that you’ll be living overseas. But sometimes, you’re not allowed to do this. If this happens to you, and you think it’s not fair, you can challenge it.

Challenging means you can say, “I don’t think this is right.” You can do this if you believe the decision to stop you from making these requests isn’t fair and doesn’t make sense. It’s a way for you to speak up if you think you’re being treated unfairly.

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Part 4 Interest, relief, penalties and offences, rights of objection, and rights to challenge
Dispute procedures and rights to challenge: Rights to challenge and challenge procedures

181Challenge to prohibition on applications or declarations

  1. A borrower who is prohibited under section 69 from making an application under section 42 or a declaration under section 55 may challenge the prohibition on the ground that that decision is not fair and reasonable.