Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00916:reg:4:p24
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00916
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 24/33)
Character Range: 65103–67942

force from time to time" (see definition of SSA) and therefore the Commission could lawfully consider those new levels of fares allowance as introduced by the determination.

5.2  Additional Tuition
 5.2.1 Where an education authority has established that a discrepancy exists between the student's intellectual potential and the student's actual academic achievement, the Commission may arrange for provision of Additional Tuition in respect of that student.
 5.2.2 The Commission may approve payment for Additional Tuition arranged under paragraph 5.2.1.
 5.2.3 Request for Additional Tuition must be accompanied by an appropriate assessment, from a suitably qualified education authority, as to the value of the proposed tuition or the continuing need for such assistance.

5.3  Special Assistance
 5.3.1 Where the Commission considers that exceptional circumstances, beyond the control of the student, have hindered or will hinder a student's progress the Commission may approve payment of Special Assistance in respect of that student.

5.4  Rates for Additional Tuition and Special Assistance
 5.4.1 The Commission shall determine from time to time the maximum value of Additional Tuition and Special Assistance which may be provided to a student in any year.

5.5  Rent assistance
 5.5.1 Subject to paragraph 5.5.2, a student who has been granted a Homeless Student Education Allowance or an education allowance at a 'living away from home' rate is entitled to the payment of rent assistance.
 5.5.2 Rent assistance payable under the Scheme, whether to a student in or outside Australia, is only payable in the same circumstances that rent assistance would have been payable to the student under the Social Security Act 1991 if the student had not been a student receiving benefits under the Scheme but had been a person receiving youth allowance under that Act.
Note 1 – as at 1 April 2003, rent assistance must, among other things, be only for premises in Australia and the maximum period that rent assistance is payable, while a student is outside Australia, is 26 weeks.
Note 2 – in order to receive rent assistance for premises in Australia, while studying outside Australia, a student must also satisfy paragraph 2.6.
Note 3 – if the rent assistance provisions of the Social Security Act 1991 are amended then those amended provisions apply to rent assistance under the Scheme (see the definition of Social Security Act 1991 in paragraph 1.2.).

PART 7—Scholarships
 7.1.1 The Commission may create scholarships from trust funds and may determine the duration and value of such scholarships.
 7.1.2 A person must be an eligible child who is or has been an eligible student assisted under the Scheme in order to qualify for the grant of a scholarship.
 7.1.3 A scholarship under paragraph 7.1.1 of this Scheme may be awarded in