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Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 252
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252       Rural and Regional Enterprise Scholarships                                                                                                           To provide:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) scholarships to students from rural and regional areas to undertake undergraduate, postgraduate or vocational education and training studies; and
                                                                                                                                                               (b) payments to such scholarship holders who arrange and undertake internships relevant to their studies, and to employers who provide such internships to such scholarship holders.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing funding:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) for the provision of benefits to students (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution); or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) for measures to give effect to Australia's obligations under the following:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 6 and 13;
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) the International Labour Organization's Convention concerning Employment Policy, particularly Articles 1 and 2;
                                                                                                                                                               (iii) the International Labour Organization's Convention concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training in the Development of Human Resources, particularly Articles 1 to 4.