Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person who is undertaking qualifying study is taken to be in Australia while the person:
(a) is absent from Australia for the purpose of undertaking part of the studies for the course of education in respect of which the person is undertaking qualifying study; or
(b) is absent from Australia, for any other purpose, for not more than 6 weeks.
Temporary return to Australia
(2) If the person:
(a) returns to Australia after having been outside Australia (whether before or after the commencement of this section) for more than 6 weeks; and
(b) leaves Australia before the end of 6 weeks after he or she so returned to Australia;
the person is taken to have continued to be absent from Australia throughout
the period from the time of the person's return to the time when the
person so left Australia.