Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:543a:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 543A (pt 3/3)
Character Range: 803650–804370

education or training lasts; or
 (f) if the only precluding grounds are 2 or more of the grounds referred to in paragraphs (2A)(c), (d), (h), (j) and (l)—the longer or longest period prescribed by paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of this subsection in relation to those precluding grounds; or
 (g) otherwise—13 weeks or such longer period as the Secretary approves.

Independent persons
 (3) For the purposes of this section, the person cannot be taken to be independent unless the person:
 (a) has reached the minimum school leaving age for the State or Territory in which the person is living; or
 (b) is the subject of a formal exemption from attending school granted by the education authority of that State or Territory.