Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01295:reg:4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01295
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 2/35)
Character Range: 10002–12852

of tertiary study", for paragraph 2.7.1(c), means tertiary education.
"course not otherwise approved" means a course that is not an approved course of education or study under Part 2.11 of the Social Security Act 1991.
Note (1): see paragraph 7.2.3;
Note (2): paragraph 541B(1)(c) and subsection 541B(5) of the Social Security Act 1991 refer to approved courses.

       "COVID‑19 supplement" means the payment of that name payable under Part 3C.
"Department" means the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
disqualifying accommodation scholarship means:
 (a) a scholarship:
 (i) provided for under Part 2‑2A of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Indigenous student assistance grants); and
 (ii) specified under subsection 23(24) of the Social Security Act 1991 for the purposes of subparagraph (a)(ii) of the definition of disqualifying accommodation scholarship in subsection 23(1) of that Act; or
 (b) a Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship.
disqualifying education costs scholarship means:
 (a) a scholarship:
 (i) provided for under Part 2‑2A of the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (Indigenous student assistance grants); and
 (ii) specified under subsection 23(24) of the Social Security Act 1991 for the purposes of subparagraph (a)(ii) of the definition of disqualifying education costs scholarship in subsection 23(1) of that Act; or
 (b) a Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship.
"double orphan" means:
 (a) an eligible child who does not have a parent; or
 (b) an eligible child who has one parent and:
 (i) the deceased parent was a member or veteran by reference to whom the child is an 'eligible child'; and
 (ii) the Commission is satisfied the child is not being maintained by the surviving parent.
For the purposes of this definition "parent" includes an adoptive parent or step‑parent, "member" means a member of the Forces or a member of a Peacekeeping Force and "veteran" means a veteran described in the definition of "eligible child of a veteran" in section 116 of the Act.

       eligible grandchild of a Vietnam veteran – has the same meaning as it has in subsection 116(1) of the Act.

       "extension period" means the period of any extension of the period for which the COVID‑19 supplement payable under section 557 of the Social Security Act 1991 is extended by a legislative instrument made under subsection 557(3) of the Social Security Act 1991.
"fare" means the amount of money a student must pay in order to use public or private transport to travel between the student's home and the student's place of study.
Note: see paragraph 5.1.1
"full time", in relation to a student undertaking a course of either:
 (a) general primary; or
 (b) secondary education;
means an average, taken over the duration of the period for which the person in question is enrolled in the course, of 20 contact hours per week.
Note: