Absence of persons overseas
1061PN Absence of persons overseas
General
A person who is undertaking qualifying study is taken to be in Australia while the person:
is absent from Australia for the purpose of undertaking part of the studies for the course of education in respect of which the person is undertaking qualifying study; or
is absent from Australia, for any other purpose, for not more than 6 weeks.
Temporary return to Australia
If the person:
returns to Australia after having been outside Australia (whether before or after the commencement of this section) for more than 6 weeks; and
leaves Australia before the end of 6 weeks after he or she so returned to Australia;
the person is taken to have continued to be absent from Australia throughout the period from the time of the person’s return to the time when the person so left Australia.
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