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AUSTUDY REGULATIONS 1990
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
1. Name of these Regulations
2. When do these Regulations come into effect?
3. Summary of requirements
4. Citizenship
5. Age
6. Approved courses of study
7. When is AUSTUDY payable from? 1
8. When is AUSTUDY payable to?
9. Is AUSTUDY paid for the long vacation? 1
10. Is AUSTUDY paid for vacations during the year?
11. Is AUSTUDY paid during illness?
12. Is AUSTUDY paid during a change in course or institution?
13. Do assets affect AUSTUDY?
14. What is included in assets?
15. What is excluded from assets? (a) principal home
16. What is excluded from assets? (b) items for use by disabled people 1
17. What is excluded from assets? (c) debts on assets
18. What is excluded from assets? (d) unreceivable assets
19. How are business assets treated?
20. Evidence of value of assets
21. Excluded: (a) students getting other Commonwealth assistance
22. Excluded: (b) students getting certain pensions and allowances
23. Excluded: (c) students with training agreements
24. Excluded: (d) students in prison
25. Excluded: (e) students taking correspondence courses while overseas
26. The two categories: general and adult
27. Where can secondary students study?
28. Different levels of secondary courses
29. Workload: (a) secondary students attending school
30. Workload: (b) secondary students studying at other institutions or by correspondence
31. Progress: (a) secondary students with previous tertiary study
32. Progress: (b) adult students repeating secondary study
33. Where can tertiary students study?
34. Workload: tertiary students
35. Workload: normal amount of full-time work
36. Workload: concession - academic and vocational reasons 1
37. How is a student's academic progress calculated?
38. Levels of tertiary courses
39. Overseas study 1
40. Progress: (a) to a second or later year 1
41. Progress: (b) minimum time 1
42. Progress: (c) completed course of the same level 1
43. Progress: (d) combined courses 1, 2
44. Progress: (e) completed work in a higher course 1
45. Progress: (f) postgraduate study 1
46. Progress: (g) honours year and Master's qualifying course 1
47. Progress: concession (a) previous course needed to enter present course
48. Progress: concession (b) illness and circumstances beyond control
49. Progress: concession (c) short TAFE courses
50. Progress: concession (d) study more than 10 years ago
51. Progress: concession (e) study in Australia for a non-approved course
52. There are special rules for students with disabilities
53. Students with disabilities: workload
54. Students with disabilities: previous year's study 1
55. Students with disabilities: total length of study 1
56. Use the AUSTUDY application form
57. Who else must sign the form?
58. Time limit for applying
59. Date when documents are lodged
60. Kinds of living allowance
61. What is the maximum living allowance?
62. How is a student's living allowance worked out?
63. Who gets the special living allowance?
64. Is there an allowance for a spouse?
65. Only one amount of living allowance can be paid
66. Is there a minimum rate of allowance?
67. Who gets the independent rate?
68. Independent student: (a) age
69. Independent student: (b) marriage
70. Independent student: (c) has a dependent child
71. Independent student: (d) periods in the workforce
72. Independent student: (e) orphan
73. Independent student: (f) parents cannot exercise responsibilities
74. Independent student: (g) homelessness
75. Independent student: (h) refugee
76. Independent student: (i) ward
77. Who gets the away-from-home living allowance?
78. Isolated student: (a) the parents' principal home is isolated
79. Isolated student: (b) frequent changes of home
80. Isolated student: (c) special courses of study
81. Isolated student: (d) disability
82. How does a student's income affect living allowance?
83. What is student income? 1
84. When does the parental income test apply?
85. Whose income is taken into account?
86. What is the parental income?
87. What are the deductions for children?
88. How does parental income affect living allowance?
89. Concession to the parental income test: (a) for brother or sister
90. Concession to the parental income test: (b) fall in income
91. Concession to the parental income test: (c) pensions and allowances
92. Concession to the parental income test: (d) students in State care 1
93. When does the spouse income test apply?
94. What is the spouse's income?
95. How does the spouse's income affect living allowance?
96. Concession to the spouse's income test: (a) fall in income
97. Concession to the spouse's income test: (b) pensions and allowances
98. Can students with pensions get AUSTUDY? 1
99. Who can get fares allowance?
100. What journeys is the fare allowance paid for?
101. How much is the fares allowance?
102. Is there a time limit for claiming fares allowance?
103. Agreement to the Student Assistance Review Tribunal sitting with two members
104. Can the Student Assistance Review Tribunal summon witnesses?
105. Can the Student Assistance Review Tribunal take evidence on oath or affirmation?
106. Obligations of witnesses
107. Allowances to witnesses
108. Insufficient information or evidence
109. What changes in circumstances must the Department be told about?
110. How is the Department to be told about changes in circumstances?
111. Statements about income etc
112. What is the official status of notes?
113. Definitions
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SCHEDULE 3
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SCHEDULE 5
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