Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1990 No. 443 AUSTUDY REGULATIONS - REG 109

109. (1) For the purposes of section 48 1 of the Student Assistance Act  1973
, the following are prescribed events which the student must tell the
Department about within 7 days:

   (a)  if the student:

   (i)  does not enrol in the course for which he or she applied for AUSTUDY
        by the end of the enrolment period; or

        (ii)   does not begin the course on the first day it is offered; or

        (iii)  changes his or her enrolment in the course; or

        (iv)   discontinues his or her course; or

        (v)    starts to get a benefit for education or vocational training
               from the Commonwealth as referred to in regulation 21; or

        (vi)   starts to get payment listed in Schedule 1; or

        (vii)  enters into a training agreement described in regulation 23; or

        (viii) is taken into lawful custody; or

        (ix)   changes the address of his or her place of residence or
               permanent home; or

        (x)    gains a parent as described in subregulation 85 (2); or

        (xi)   marries; or

        (xii)  has been living in a de facto relationship for 2 years; or

        (xiii) has a de facto spouse and the student or the spouse gives birth
               to a child; or

        (xiv)  stops living permanently with his or her spouse (as described
               in subregulation 93 (2)); or

        (xv)   stops qualifying for the independent or away-from-home living
               allowance; or

        (xvi)  gets more income than the latest estimate given to the
               Department; or

   (b)  if the student's spouse:

        (i)    dies; or

        (ii)   gets more income than the latest estimate given to the
               Department; or

        (iii)  starts to get AUSTUDY; or

        (iv)   starts to get a payment listed in Schedule 1; or

        (v)    starts to get assistance from the Commonwealth for his or her
               studies; or

        (vi)   starts to get unemployment benefit, job search allowance,
               sickness benefit or special benefit under Part XIII of the
               Social Security Act 1947; or

   (c)  if the number of dependent children of a parent, as defined in
        subregulation 89 (1), is reduced; or

   (d)  if a brother or sister of the student:

        (i)    stops studying full-time in a course approved for the AUSTUDY
               scheme; or

        (ii)   qualifies for the independent living allowance; or

        (iii)  enters into a training agreement described in regulation 23; or

        (iv)   starts to get a payment listed in Schedule 1; or

        (v)    no longer qualifies for benefit under the Assistance for
               Isolated Children Scheme.

(2) If a parent is being paid AUSTUDY for the student, the parent must give
this information to the Department. Note to regulation 109 1 Under section 48
of the Student Assistance Act 1973, a student must tell the Department about a
prescribed event within 7 days of it happening.