Student Assistance Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1981 No. 621

Student Assistance Regulations2 (Amendment)

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 1 April 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

(sgd) Wal Fife

Minister of State for Education

 

Interpretation

1. Regulation 29 of the Student Assistance Regulations is amended by inserting in sub-regulation (1) after the definition of “grantee” the following definition:

“‘gross income’ includes any amount included in the assessable income of a taxpayer under section 26 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936;”.

Living allowance—student deemed to be of independent status

2. Regulation 41 of the Student Assistance Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (3) “from any source” and substituting “calculated in accordance with sub-regulation (3b)”;

(b) by omitting from, sub-regulation (3B) “, referred to in that paragraph,”;

(c) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (3b) “and” (last occurring); and

 

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(d) by adding after paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (3B) the following word and paragraph:

“; and (d) includes any amount included in the assessable income of a taxpayer under section. 26 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.”.

Living allowance—special circumstances affecting income of parent in certain periods prior to the relevant year

3. Regulation 46 of the Student Assistance Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2) “gross”.

Living allowance—special circumstances affecting income of parent in the relevant year

4. Regulation 46a of the Student Assistance Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2) “gross”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 9 April 1981.

2. Statutory Rules 1974 No. 179 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1981 No. 23 and see also Statutory Rules 1981 Nos. 23 and 61.

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