Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1067F

  (1)   A person is a long term income support student if the person:

  (a)   is at least 22 years old; and

  (ba)   does not have a dependent child; and

  (c)   is either:

  (i)   undertaking full - time study in respect of a course of education that the person had commenced after turning 22; or

  (ii)   a new apprentice and became a new apprentice after turning 22; and

  (d)   has, for at least 26 weeks out of the period of 39 weeks that ended when the person commenced to undertake the full - time study or became a new apprentice, been receiving one or more of the following:

  (i)   jobseeker payment;

  (iii)   youth allowance (disregarding youth allowance received while the person was undertaking full - time study);

  (iv)   special benefit;

  (v)   disability support pension;

  (vii)   carer payment;

  (x)   pension PP (single);

  (xi)   sole parent pension;

  (xii)   benefit parenting allowance;

  (xiii)   benefit PP (partnered).

  (2)   A person is also a long term income support student if the person:

  (a)   is at least 22 years old; and

  (c)   does not have English as a first language; and

  (d)   is undertaking a course in English, being a course that the Secretary has approved.