1067F

Long term income support student

In force

(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.

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