Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115:clause:8_3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00115
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 8 cl 3
Character Range: 2433408–2435431

3     Subclass 685 (Medical Treatment (Long Stay)) visa in relation to which the holder:
      (a) is under 18; and
      (b) has experienced a change in circumstances while in Australia; and
      (c) has the written permission of the Minister to engage for more than 3 months in any studies or training because of compelling and compassionate circumstances

8202 (1) The holder must be enrolled in a full‑time course of study or training if the holder is:
 (a) a Defence student; or
 (b) a Foreign Affairs student; or
 (c) a secondary exchange student.
 (2) A holder not covered by subclause (1):
 (a) must be enrolled in a full‑time registered course; and
 (b) subject to subclause (3), must maintain enrolment in a registered course that, once completed, will provide a qualification from the Australian Qualifications Framework that is at the same level as, or at a higher level than, the registered course in relation to which the visa was granted; and
 (c) must ensure that neither of the following subparagraphs applies in respect of a registered course undertaken by the holder:
 (i) the education provider has certified the holder, for a registered course undertaken by the holder, as not achieving satisfactory course progress for section 19 of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 and the relevant standard of the national code made by the Education Minister under section 33 of that Act;
 (ii) the education provider has certified the holder, for a registered course undertaken by the holder, as not achieving satisfactory course attendance for section 19 of the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 and the relevant standard of the national code made by the Education Minister under section 33 of that Act.
 (3) A holder is taken to satisfy the requirement set out in paragraph (2)(b) if the holder:
 (a) is enrolled in a course at the Australian Qualifications Framework level 10; and
 (b) changes their enrolment to a course at the Australian Qualifications Framework level 9.