Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00380:clause:1_4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00380
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 4
Character Range: 153361–155484

4                               Partnered (partner in gaol)             $17.50           $7.00

Note: For member of a couple, partnered, illness separated couple and partnered (partner in gaol) see section 4.

Meaning of remote area allowance
 1067L‑F3 In Table F, remote area allowance means an amount added to a person's austudy payment by way of remote area allowance.

In remote area
 1067L‑F4 For the purposes of Table F, a person is in the remote area if:
 (a) the person's usual place of residence is in the remote area; and
 (b) the person is physically present in the remote area.

Children must be physically present in Australia
 1067L‑F5 A person's remote area allowance is not to include additional allowance for a child unless the child is physically present in Australia.

Special rule if partner has a child but is not receiving a pension
 1067L‑F6 If:
 (a) an additional allowance is to be included in the rate of remote area allowance for a person who is a member of a couple; and
 (b) the person's partner is not receiving a social security pension or social security benefit; and
 (c) the person's partner has a child to whom point 1067L‑F8 applies;
the child is taken, for the purposes of this Module, to be a child of the person, being a child to whom point 1067L‑F8 applies.

Special rule if partner has a child but is not receiving additional allowance for the child
 1067L‑F7 If:
 (a) an additional allowance is to be included in the rate of remote area allowance for a person who is a member of a couple; and
 (b) the person's partner has a child to whom point 1067L‑F8 applies; and
 (c) the person's partner is not receiving additional allowance for the child;
the child is taken, for the purposes of this Module, to be a child of the person, being a child to whom point 1067L‑F8 applies.

Child to whom this point applies
 1067L‑F8 This point applies to a dependent child in respect of whom family allowance is payable at a rate exceeding the minimum family allowance rate.
Note 1: For dependent child see subsections 5(2) to (9).
Note 2: For minimum family allowance rate see subsection 6(1).