Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01717:clause:1_9:p1
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 9 (pt 1/12)
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9   Chapter 15 Part 6 (Education costs for children)
    Omit the Part, substitute:

Part 6: Education assistance for children

Division 1: General provisions

15.6.1    Purpose
   The purpose of this Part is to provide additional benefits to a member to assist with any increased costs for their child's education as a result of the member's posting overseas.

15.6.2    Member this Part applies to
   This Part applies to a member who meets all of the following.
   a.                                                             The member is on a long-term posting overseas.
   b.                                                             The member has a dependant who is a child that is more than 3 years old.
   c.                                                             The child is enrolled in one of the following.
                                                                  i.                                                                        Pre-school.
                                                                                                                                            Note: The child enrolled in pre-school does not have to be enrolled full-time.
                                                                  ii.                                                                       Full-time primary school.
                                                                  iii.                                                                      Full-time secondary school.
                                                                  iv.                                                                       Full-time tertiary education.
                                                                  v.                                                                        Full-time junior college or similar institution in the USA.

15.6.3    Dual benefit exclusion
   A member is not eligible for education assistance under this Part in respect of a child for whom they are receiving benefits under Chapter 8 Part 4.

15.6.4    Definitions
   In this Part the following apply.
   Compulsory tuition fees mean any of the following that is compulsory and calculated on an annual basis.
   a.                                                                                                                                           Tuition fees.
   b.                                                                                                                                           Other fees and charges relating to tuition.
   c.                                                                                                                                           Sports fees.
   d.                                                                                                                                           Travel by a child in a specially designated school bus.
   e.                                                                                                                                           Building and capital fees.
   f.                                                                                                                                           Any Government taxes levied on the fees described in this paragraph.
   Benchmark school means one of the following.
   a.                                                                                                                                           For a posting location in an item of column A of Annex 15.6.A, one of the following.
                                                                                                                                                i.                                                                                                                                                                                                      If the child is in pre-school — the school in column B of the same item.
                                                                                                                                                ii.                                                                                                                                                                                                     If the child is in primary school — the school in column C of the same item.
                                                                                                                                                iii.                                                                                                                                                                                                    If the child is in secondary school — the school in column D of the same item.
   b.                                                                                                                                           If no suitable school is available at the posting location and the child uses correspondence school for education, a correspondence school operated by an Australian government body.
   Posting location, for the purpose of benchmark and approved summer schools under Annex 15.6.A and Annex 15.6.B, means one of the following.
   a.                                                                                                                                           If the member has been directed to live in Manhattan — the posting location is Manhattan.
   b.                                                                                                                                           If the member is posted to a city, or an establishment within a city, that is listed — the posting location is that city.
   c.                                                                                                                                           If the member is posted to a city or establishment that is not listed but the country where the city or establishment is located is listed — the posting location is the country or