Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00380:clause:1_571a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00380
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 571A
Character Range: 29340–30359

571A  Absence overseas of persons undertaking qualifying study

General
 (1) Paragraph 571(b) does not apply to a person if the person is undertaking qualifying study and:
 (a) 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
 (b)  is absent from Australia, for any other purpose, for not more than 26 weeks.

Temporary return to Australia
 (2) If the person:
 (a) returns to Australia after having been outside Australia (whether before or after the commencement of this section) for more than 13 weeks; and
 (b) leaves Australia before the end of 13 weeks after he or she so returned to Australia;
the person is taken, for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), to have continued to be absent from Australia throughout the period from the time of the return to the time when the person so left Australia.

Division 2—Situations in which austudy payment is not payable

Subdivision A—The basic rules