Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00957:clause:1_7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L00957
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 7
Character Range: 3243–5285

7  Days on which a person is a location-preferred HELP debtor (teacher) – full-time and part-time teachers in very remote schools
              Teachers in very remote Australia
 (1) If:
 (a) a person is engaged to undertake work as a teacher on a full-time or part-time basis for a specified period at one or more very remote schools; and
 (b) during the period, the person conducts that work in a face-to-face manner in an area that is classified as very remote Australia under the ABS Remoteness Structure;
       the person is taken to be carrying out work as a teacher at a very remote school on each day in that period.
 (2) For the absence of doubt, for subsection (1) a person can be taken to be carrying out work as a teacher at a very remote school on a day in the period, even if:
 (a) the day is a day on which the person is not carrying out work as a teacher (such as a weekend, public holiday, leave day, or rostered day off); or
 (b) the day is a day on which the person is not located in an area that is classified as very remote Australia under the ABS Remoteness Structure (for example, because the person is travelling, is on leave, or undertaking professional duties at another location).
              Teachers temporarily located in very remote Australia
 (3) If:
 (a) a person is engaged to undertake work as a teacher on a full-time or part-time basis at one or more very remote schools; and
 (b) because of that engagement, the person is located for a period in an area that is classified as very remote Australia under the ABS Remoteness Structure;
       the person is taken to be carrying out work as a teacher at a very remote school on each day in that period.

       Note: The period can be one day.
 (4) For the absence of doubt, for subsection (3) a person can be taken to be carrying out work as a teacher at a very remote school on a day in the period, even if the day is a day on which the person is not carrying out work as a teacher (such as a weekend, public holiday, leave day, or rostered day off).