Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:543a:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 543A (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 801122–803877

the incapacity is, or is likely to be, of a temporary nature; or
 (h) has suffered a personal crisis such as the death of an immediate family member, a marriage breakup, family dislocation or physical, emotional or sexual abuse; or
 (i) is homeless and unable to obtain stable accommodation; or
 (j) has suffered a major disruption of their home such as fire damage, flooding, earthquake damage, vandalism or burglary; or
 (k) suffers from alcohol or drug abuse sufficient to cause intermittent or temporary absences from full‑time study or training; or
 (l) is engaged in part‑time work, education, training or a combination of these for not less than 25 hours per week; or
 (m) is a refugee whose capacity to undertake full‑time education is reduced because:
 (i) the person has suffered torture, imprisonment or other traumatic circumstances; or
 (ii) lacks sufficient English skills; or
 (iii) is recently arrived and lacks stable accommodation; or
 (n) is the subject of a community service or juvenile justice order which reduces the person's capacity to engage in full‑time education; or
 (p) is receiving Commonwealth funded intensive assistance for jobseekers or State, Territory or community provided case management approved by the Secretary or, where no intensive assistance or case management place is available to the person, is suitable for and agrees to undertake intensive assistance or case management; or
 (q) is in other circumstances which, in the opinion of the Secretary, make it unreasonable for the person to be in full‑time education or training.
 (2B) If the following circumstances exist in relation to the person in respect of a period (the qualifying period):
 (a) except for paragraph 540(1)(b), the person would be qualified for a youth allowance in respect of the qualifying period;
 (b) the person is taken to have attained the minimum age for youth allowance in respect of the qualifying period only because one or more of the grounds (the precluding grounds) referred to in subsection (2A) preclude subsection (2) from applying to the person;
the person is qualified for youth allowance under section 540 only in respect of so much of the qualifying period as does not exceed:
 (c) if the only precluding ground is the ground referred to in paragraph (2A)(c) or (d)—6 weeks; or
 (d) if the only precluding ground is the ground referred to in paragraph (2A)(h) or (j)—2 weeks; or
 (e) if the only precluding ground is the ground referred to in paragraph (2A)(l)—the period for which the work, education or training lasts; or
 (f) if the only precluding grounds are 2 or more of the grounds referred to in paragraphs (2A)(c), (d), (h), (j) and (l)—the longer or longest period prescribed by paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) of