Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01774:clause:1_4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01774
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 4 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 7275–8588

agreement must be made:
         a)      if the student is undertaking a full-time student load—within 18 months from the commencement date of the student's Research Doctorate; and
         b)      if the student is undertaking a part-time student load—within 36 months from the commencement date of the student's Research Doctorate.

(4) For the purposes of (1)(c) of this paragraph, a full-time equivalent day is:
         a)      the number of hours in a standard working day for the industry associated with the research end‑user; or
         b)      if there is no standard working day—7.6 hours.

     (5) For the purposes of determining the commencement date and completion date of an eligible research internship, a Research Doctorate student:
         a)      commences an internship on the first day the student engages in R&D activities which count towards the full-time equivalent days of engagement with a research end-user; and
         b)      concludes the internship on the last day the student engages in R&D activities which count towards the full-time equivalent days of engagement with the same research end-user.

     (6) An eligible research internship may be undertaken:
         a)      on-site with a research end-user, on-campus and online; and
         b)      part-time or full-time.