Student Assistance Act 1973

Pt 2 inserted by No 169 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 67, effective 1 January 2016.

Div 2 inserted by No 169 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 67, effective 1 January 2016.

S 7D(1) amended by No 55 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 11 items 21 and 22, by omitting " (1) " and repealing para (a)(iii), applicable in relation to a qualification period starting on or after 1 July 2017. Para (a)(iii) formerly read:

(iii) the person is a scholarship-entitled person (see subsection (2)); or

S 7D(1) amended by No 74 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 1 item 33, by substituting " disqualifying education costs scholarship " for " Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship " in para (b)(iii) and (iv), effective 1 January 2017.

S 7D(2) repealed by No 55 of 2016, s 3 and Sch 11 item 23, applicable in relation to a qualification period starting on or after 1 July 2017. S 7D(2) formerly read:

7D(2)
A person is a scholarship-entitled person if:

(a) any of the following (a scholarship ) was received by the person in respect of a time before the commencement of this section:

(i) a student start-up scholarship payment under section 592F of the Social Security Act 1991 ;

(ii) a payment under the ABSTUDY Scheme known as an ABSTUDY student start-up scholarship payment;

(iii) the amount or value of a Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship; and

(b) for a continuous period since the time in respect of which the person received the scholarship, the person has been receiving at least one of the following:

(i) youth allowance (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991 ) in respect of the person undertaking full-time study (within the meaning of that Act);

(ii) austudy payment (within the meaning of that Act);

(iii) payments under the ABSTUDY Scheme known as Living Allowance.

Former s 7D inserted by No 169 of 2015, s 3 and Sch 1 item 67, effective 1 January 2016.