Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:3:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 2/6)
Character Range: 1752936–1755589

physical or mental well‑being due to violence, sexual abuse or other similar unreasonable circumstances; or
 (iii) because the parent or parents are unable to provide the person with a suitable home owing to a lack of stable accommodation; and
 (b) the person is not receiving continuous support, whether directly or indirectly and whether financial or otherwise, from a parent of the person or from another person who is acting as the person's guardian on a long‑term basis; and
 (c) the person is not receiving, on a continuous basis, any payments in the nature of income support (other than a social security benefit) from the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.

People who are self‑supporting
 (10) A person is independent if the person has supported himself or herself through paid work consisting of:
 (a) full‑time employment of on average 30 hours per week for at least 18 months during any period of 2 years; or
 (b) part‑time employment of at least 15 hours per week for at least 2 years since the person last left secondary school; or
 (c) for the purposes of Parts 3.4A, 3.4B and 3.7, except section 1070G—a period or periods of employment over an 18 month period since the person last left secondary school, earning the person at least the equivalent of 75% of:
 (i) the maximum rate of pay under Wage Level A of a transitional Australian Pay and Classification Scale or modern award generally applicable to trainees; or
 (ii) that maximum rate as varied or replaced from time to time by the Fair Work Commission;
  that applied at the start of the period of employment; or
 (d) for the purposes of Parts 2.11 and 2.11B, this Part and section 1070G—a period or periods of employment over a 14 month period since the person last left secondary school, earning the person at least the equivalent of 75% of:
 (i) the maximum rate of pay under Wage Level A of a transitional Australian Pay and Classification Scale or modern award generally applicable to trainees; or
 (ii) that maximum rate as varied or replaced from time to time by the Fair Work Commission;
  that applied at the start of the period of employment.
 (10A) For the purposes of determining whether a person is to be regarded as independent for the purposes of Part 2.11 or 2.11B, this Part or section 1070G:
 (a) paragraph (10)(b) does not apply unless subsection (10E) applies to the person because of paragraph (10E)(d); and
 (b) paragraph (10)(d) does not apply unless subsection (10E) applies to the person because of paragraph (10E)(e).
 (10E) This subsection applies to a person if:
 (a) the person's family home is:
 (i) in a location categorised under the Remoteness