Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated RegulationsA person is a Defence student if:
(a) the person has been approved by the Defence Minister to undertake a full - time course of study or training under a scholarship scheme or training program approved by the Defence Minister; and
(b) the person is:
(i) the holder of a student visa granted in circumstances where the person intended to undertake the course of study or training; or
(ii) an applicant for a student visa whose application shows an intention to undertake the course of study or training; and
(c) in the case of a person mentioned in subparagraph (b)(i)--the person has not ceased, completed, withdrawn from, or been excluded from:
(i) the course of study or training to which the visa relates; or
(ii) another course approved by the Defence Minister in substitution for that course.