Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2013C00585:clause:2_22b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2013C00585
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 22B
Character Range: 26199–28313

22B  Meaning of senior secondary school child
 (1) An individual is a senior secondary school child if:
 (a) the following requirement is satisfied:
 (i) for the purposes of subclause 29(3) or 36(2) of Schedule 1—the individual is aged 16 or 17 or is aged 18 and the calendar year in which the individual turned 18 has not ended;
 (ii) for the purposes of any other provision of this Act—the individual is aged 16, 17 or 18 or is aged 19 and the calendar year in which the individual turned 19 has not ended; and
 (b) one of the following applies:
 (i) the individual is undertaking full‑time study in an approved course of education or study that would, in the Secretary's opinion, assist or allow the individual to complete the final year of secondary school or an equivalent level of education;
 (ii) except for the purposes of subsection 22A(1) or 35(1) of this Act or paragraph 32L(1)(aa) of the Family Assistance Administration Act—the individual is exempt from the FTB activity test.
 (2) Subsection 17B(3) applies in relation to subsection (1) of this section in the same way as it applies in relation to subsection 17B(1).
 (3) If, apart from this subsection, an individual would cease to be a senior secondary school child because the individual completes the final year of secondary school or an equivalent level of education, then the individual is taken to be a senior secondary school child until the end of:
 (a) if the day the individual completes that final year of secondary school or equivalent level of education is in December in a calendar year—31 December of that year; or
 (b) if the day the individual completes that final year of secondary school or equivalent level of education is before December—the period of 28 days beginning on the day after that day.
 (4) An individual completes the final year of secondary school or an equivalent level of education on the day worked out in accordance with the following table:

Completion day
Item            In this situation:                                                                                                          The day is: