Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00916:reg:4:p26
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00916
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 26/33)
Character Range: 70261–73066

education costs scholarship or the person was entitled to the amount or value of such a scholarship but has not received the full entitlement only because the scholarship was suspended.

Commission may determine period less than 6 months
 7.2.5 For 7.2.4, the Commission may determine a period in relation to a person that is at least 2 months but less than 6 months if the Commission considers that the determination would enable the person to qualify for a student start‑up scholarship payment on or near the day on which the approved scholarship course concerned started or starts.
 7.2.6 For 7.2.5, the Commission must not make a determination if the effect of the determination would be to enable the person to receive more than 2 student start‑up scholarship payments in a Calendar year.
Note: The Acts Interpretation Act 1901 defines Calendar year (s.22)

Amount of student start‑up scholarship payment
 7.2.7 The amount of a student start‑up scholarship payment for which a person is qualified on or after 1 January 2012 is $1,025 or the amount equal to the amount, including as indexed, under section 1061ZVBD of the Social Security Act 1991 (in force from time to time), whichever is higher.

7.3  Relocation Scholarship Payment

Claim not required
 7.3.1 A claim is not required for a relocation scholarship payment.

Grant of scholarship
 7.3.2 The Commission may grant a relocation scholarship payment to an eligible child who is qualified for one.

Circumstances in which Person is Qualified for Relocation Scholarship Payment
 7.3.3 An eligible child is qualified for a relocation scholarship payment if at a time (the qualification time):
 (a) the person is eligible for an education allowance (living away from home) or homeless allowance, for a tertiary student under the Scheme, the allowance is payable to the person and the person is receiving it; and
 (b) the person is receiving the education allowance (living away from home) or homeless allowance because the person is undertaking an approved scholarship course; and
 (c) the Commission is satisfied that in the period of 35 days starting immediately after the qualification time, the person proposes to start to undertake the course or to continue to undertake the course; and
 (d) the Commission is satisfied that the person is not likely to receive the amount or value of a disqualifying accommodation scholarship in the period of 12 months starting immediately after the qualification time.

Circumstances in which Person is Not Qualified for a Relocation Scholarship Payment
 7.3.4 A person is not qualified for a relocation scholarship payment if one or more of the following circumstances apply to the person in the period of 12 months (or shorter period determined by the Commission) ending immediately before the person's