Student Assistance Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)
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
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
(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (3) “ The rate ” and substituting “ Subject to regulation 75a, the rate ”;
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (5) “ The rate ” and substituting “ Subject to regulation 75a, the rate ”; and
(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (6a) “ The rate ” and substituting “ Subject to regulation 75a, the rate ”.
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Notified in the
Statutory Rules 1974 No. 179 as amended by Statutory Rules 1974, Nos. 235 and 258; 1975, Nos. 136, 203 and 219; 1976, Nos. 92, 121, 286, 287, 292 and 293; 1977, Nos. 147, 209, 210, 211, 219, 242 and 243; 1978, No. 108 and 148.
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“ 73. For the purposes of paragraph 15 (d) of the Act, where a holder changes his place of residence by reason of—
(a) being granted an Award in respect of a course at a university or advanced education institution situated in a town or city in which the holder docs not normally reside; or
(b) transferring, for a prescribed reason, his course from a university or advanced education institution situated in a town or city other than the town or city in which the university or advanced education institution to which his course has been transferred is situated,
there is payable in respect of the holder on the day on which he takes up his new place of residence an establishment allowance of—
(c) in the case of a holder who—
(i) has a spouse, not being a spouse who is living separately and apart from the holder; or
(ii) has a child, or children, wholly or substantially dependent on him—
$200; or
(d) in any other case—$100.”.
“ 75a. (1) Subject to this regulation, a holder may submit a claim for living allowance to an authorized person on or before 31 December in the first year of the Award.
“ (2) Subject to this regulation, a holder may submit a claim for establishment allowance and travelling allowance to an authorized person—
(a) in the case of a holder in respect of whom the allowance is payable by reason of the holder’s transferring, for a prescribed reason, his course from a university or advanced education institution situated in a town or city other than the town or city in which the university or advanced education institution to which his course has been transferred is situated—on or before 31 December in the year in which the holder changes his place of residence or makes the journey, as the case requires; and
(b) in any other case—on or before 31 December in the first year of the Award.
“ (3) Where—
(a) a holder is in receipt of living allowance; and
(b) a change in circumstances occurs which may result in an increase in the amount of the allowance,
the holder may submit a claim for increased living allowance—
(c) where the change in circumstances occurs during the period that commences on 3 December in a year and ends on 31 December in that year—before the expiration of the period that commences on the date on which the change in circumstances occurs and ends on the day that is 28 days after that date; and
(d) in any other case—during the year in which the change in circumstances occurs.
“ (4) Where—
(a) a holder is not in receipt of living allowance; and
(b) a change in circumstances occurs which may result in the holder becoming entitled to be paid living allowance,
the holder may submit a claim for living allowance—
(c) where the change in circumstances occurs during the period that commences on 3 December in a year and ends on 31 December in that year—before the expiration of the period that commences on the date on which the change of circumstances occurs and ends on the day that is 28 days after that date; and
(d) in any other case—during the year in which the change in circumstances occurs.
“ (5) Where, by virtue of making a journey of the kind referred to in regulation 74 during the period that commences on 3 December in a year and ends on 31 December in that year, being a year of the Award, a holder becomes entitled to travelling allowance, the holder may submit his claim for travelling allowance before the expiration of the period that commences on the date on which the journey is completed and ends on the day that is 28 days after that date.
“ (6) Where, by virtue of changing his place of residence in the manner referred to in regulation 73 during the period that commences on 3 December in a year and ends on 31 December in that year, being a year of the Award, a holder becomes entitled to establishment allowance, the holder may submit his claim for establishment allowance before the expiration of the period that commences on the date on which he takes up his new place of residence and ends on the day that is 28 days after that date.
“ (7) Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 70, where a holder submits a claim to an authorized person otherwise than within the period specified in the preceding provisions of this regulation with respect to that claim, the holder is not entitled to receive the allowance to which, by virtue of regulation 70, he would otherwise be entitled in respect of the period that commenced on 1 January in the year in which he submitted the claim and ended on the day immediately preceding the day on which he submitted the claim.
“ (8) Notwithstanding the provisions of regulations 73 and 74, where a holder submits a claim for establishment allowance or travelling allowance to an authorized person otherwise than within the period specified in the preceding provisions of this regulation with respect to that, claim, the authorized person shall disregard the claim.”.
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