Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00380:clause:1_569h:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00380
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 569H (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 25501–28256

of the person's illness, the person cannot use in any of the trades or profession to which the course is appropriate;
 (e) time spent undertaking a TAFE course if the normal length of the course for a full‑time student is one year or less;
 (f) time spent undertaking a course more than 10 years ago, unless the course has since been completed;
 (g) time spent undertaking a course after 1973 if the course was not:
 (i) approved for the Tertiary Education Assistance Scheme; or
 (ii) approved for the AUSTUDY scheme; or
 (iii) an approved course for the purposes of paragraph 541B(1)(c), 569A(b) or 1061PB(1)(b) of this Act;
 (h) time spent undertaking a course at a foreign institution;
 (i) time spent undertaking a subject from which the student withdrew, if the educational institution in which the subject was undertaken did not record the withdrawal from the subject as a failure;
 (j) any time spent undertaking a course during which the person was ineligible to receive:
 (i) AUSTUDY; or
 (ii) a benefit under the Tertiary Education Assistance Scheme; or
 (iii) youth allowance; or
 (iv) austudy payment;
  because of the application of rules in respect of academic progress.

Levels of tertiary courses
 (8) There are 4 levels of tertiary courses, levels A, B, C and D.

Level A courses
 (9) The following are Level A courses:
 (a) a postgraduate bachelor degree course, with or without honours;
 (b) a graduate or postgraduate diploma course;
 (c) a course of practical legal training at a higher education institution;
 (d) a course of advanced education regarded by an accrediting authority as being at PG1 level;
 (e) a graduate certificate course.

Level B courses
 (10) The following are Level B courses:
 (a) a bachelor degree course (other than a postgraduate course), with or without honours;
 (b) the bachelor level component of a masters degree course with concurrent bachelor and masters level study;
 (c) a diploma course other than:
 (i) a graduate or postgraduate diploma course; or
 (ii) a course for which an entry requirement is successful completion of year 10 of secondary studies; or
 (iii) a TAFE course;
 (d) a Master's qualifying course;
 (e) the Barristers or Solicitors Admission Board's course;
 (f) a course of advanced education regarded by an accrediting authority as being at UG1 or UG2 level.

Level C courses
 (11) The following are Level C courses:
 (a) an associate degree course;
 (b) an associate diploma course;
 (c) a diploma course at a TAFE institution for which an entry requirement is successful completion of year 12 of secondary studies;
 (d) a 2‑year undergraduate diploma course.

Level D courses
 (12) The following are Level D courses:
 (a) a TAFE course at a higher education institution;
 (b) a