Household Stimulus Package Act (No. 2) 2009

A person is qualified for an education entry payment under this section if:

either:

the Secretary is satisfied that the person intends to enrol in a qualifying course; or

the person is enrolled in such a course; and

immediately before the person commences the course, the person:

is receiving youth allowance; and

is not undertaking full‑time study and is not a new apprentice; and

had been receiving income support payments in respect of a continuous period of at least 4 weeks (whether or not the kind of payment received has changed over the period and whether the period or any part of it occurred before or after 1 January 2009); and

the person has not, within the last 12 months, received a payment under this Part.

For undertaking full‑time study see section 541B.

For income support payment see subsection 23(1).

For the determination of whether a person received income support payments in respect of a continuous period of at least 4 weeks see section 38B.

For the purposes of subparagraph (1)(a)(i), a qualifying course, in relation to a person, is:

a full‑time course of education that is an approved course under the ABSTUDY scheme or an approved course of education or study (within the meaning of subsection 541B(5)); or

a course that is an activity (whether compulsory or not) provided for by a term of the person's Youth Allowance Activity Agreement.