Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01295:reg:4:p26
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01295
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 26/35)
Character Range: 70030–72723

payable, while a student is outside Australia, is 26 weeks.
Note 3 – in order to receive rent assistance for premises in Australia, while studying outside Australia, a student must also satisfy paragraph 2.6.
Note 4 – if the rent assistance provisions of the Social Security Act 1991 are amended then those amended provisions apply to rent assistance under the Scheme (see the definition of Social Security Act 1991 in paragraph 1.2.).

PART 7—Bequests and Trusts

7.1  Determination of use of funds
 7.1.1 Any funds bequeathed in trust for the benefit of eligible students under the Scheme, are deemed to have been bequeathed in trust to the Commission.
 7.1.3 Any bequest accepted either prior to or after the commencement of this Scheme, shall be administered within the terms of the bequest as varied from time to time by the Commission.

7.2  Scholarships
 7.2.1 The Commission may create scholarships from trust funds and may determine the duration and value of such scholarships.
 7.2.2 A person must be an eligible child who is or has been an eligible student assisted under the Scheme in order to qualify for the grant of a scholarship.
 7.2.3 A scholarship under paragraph 7.2.1 of this Scheme may be awarded in a course not otherwise approved for the purpose of this Scheme.

7.3  Long Tan Bursary
 7.3.1 The Commission may create a bursary to be known as the Long Tan Bursary and the Commission may determine the duration and value of the bursary and the number of bursaries to be granted in any Calendar year.
Note (1): under section 23 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 words in the singular number (eg. bursary) include the plural (eg. bursaries).
Note (2): Calendar year is defined in section 22 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
 7.3.2  The Commission may award a Long Tan Bursary to:
 (a) an Eligible child but only if the person is an Eligible child by virtue of a determination under subsection 116C(2) of the Act that the person is within a class of persons described in item 2 of the Schedule to the Veterans' Entitlements (Veterans' Children Education Scheme) Eligible Persons Determination 2017 (2017 No. R2); or
 (b) an eligible grandchild of a Vietnam veteran.

        7.3.3 In deciding whether to award a Long Tan Bursary to an Eligible child or eligible grandchild of a Vietnam veteran, the Commission must take into account any matter that the Commission thinks is relevant.

        7.3.3A The Commission may award a bursary subject to conditions stated in the document offering the bursary to the person (however described).
 7.3.4 An Eligible child or eligible grandchild of a Vietnam veteran who is awarded a Long Tan Bursary is not entitled to another