Student Assistance Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1978 No. 263

REGULATIONS UNDER THE STUDENT ASSISTANCE ACT 1973*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Student Assistance Act 1973.

Dated this Fourteenth day of December, 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Education

 

AMENDMENTS OF THE STUDENT ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS 

Interpretation

1. Regulation 29 of the Student Assistance Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulation (5) and substituting the following sub-regulations:

“(4a) A reference in paragraph (3) (a) or (b) to employment or other work does not include a reference to a period of study in an approved course, whether or not payment is made in respect of that study.

“(5) For the purposes of this Part, the prescribed margin in relation to a grantee in respect of a relevant period is—

(a) in the case of a grantee who is of independent status—the amount calculated in accordance with the formula—

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 December, 1978

  Statutory Rules 1974 No. 179 as amended by Statutory Rules 1974 Nos. 235 and 258; Nos. 136, 203 and 219; 1976, Nos. 92, 121, 286, 287, 292 and 293; 1977 Nos. 147, 209, 210, 211, 219, 242 and 243; and 1978 No. 108 148 and 000.

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(b) in any other case—the amount calculated in accordance With the formula—

(b) by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-regulation (7) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(a) prescribed proportion P is an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts:

(i) the amount (if any) payable under sub-regulation 42 (19) in respect of the grantee;

(ii) the amount calculated in accordance with the formula—

(b) prescribed proportion O is an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts:

(i) the amount (if any) payable under sub-regulation 42 (19) in respect of the grantee;

(ii) the amount calculated in accordance with the formula—

Ineligibility— other circumstances

2. Regulation 34 of the Student Assistance Regulations is amended by inserting in paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1) “or second” after “first”.

Living allowance— other students

3. Regulation 42 of the Student Assistance Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:

“(19) Where living allowance is payable under sub-regulation (3) or (12) in respect of a grantee, or in respect of a grantee and his dependants, the rate at which living allowance is so payable is increased by $5.25 per week in respect of the period that commences on the next practicable payday.

(20) For the purposes of sub-regulation (19), the next practicable pay-day is—

(a) in the case of a grantee whose application for Assistance was approved, by an authorized person on a day that is less than 4 working days before a payday—the next succeeding payday after that payday; and

(b) in any other case—the next succeeding payday after the day on which the grantee’s application for Assistance was so approved.

(21) In sub-regulation (20) —

‘payday’ means a day in the relevant year determined by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette as being a payday in respect of the payment of Assistance; and

‘working day’ means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday.”.

Notice to be given of certain matters in relation to the holder of an award

4. Regulation 86 of the Student Assistance Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(b) the holder discontinues his full-time studies in the postgraduate course in respect of which he is a holder;

(ba) the holder commences full-time studies in a post-graduate course other than the post-graduate course in respect of which he is a holder;”.

Application

5. The amendments of the Student Assistance Regulations effected by these Regulations apply in relation to the grant of Tertiary Education Assistance in respect, of a period commencing on or after January 1979.

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