Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1990 No. 443 AUSTUDY REGULATIONS - REG 30

30. (1) This regulation applies to a secondary student who:

   (a)  studies by correspondence; or

   (b)  attends a TAFE institution 1 or a higher education institution. 2

(2) A student must study full-time.

(3) To be a full-time student, a student must be enrolled in and undertake at
least three-quarters of the normal amount of full-time work for a period as
set out in subregulations (5) and (6).

(4) A student is not full-time in a period if the amount of work of the course
that he or she is undertaking in, or is enrolled in for, that period is less
than three-quarters of the normal amount of full-time work for that period.

(5) However, a student is full-time in the period from the first day of
classes to the Friday in the second week of classes in a term or semester if
the student enrols in and undertakes at least three-quarters of the normal
amount of full-time work on at least 1 day in that period.

(6) The normal full-time amount of work at either year 11 or year 12 level for
a course primarily designed for an award listed in the following table is the
amount of work listed in the table opposite that award:
  Award                                               Normal

full-time
amount of work
Australian Capital Territory:
  Higher School Certificate                           10 annual units

New South Wales:
  Higher School Certificate                           10 annual units

Northern Territory:
South Australian
  Matriculation Examination                           5 annual subjects

Queensland:
  Senior Certificate                                  5 annual subjects

South Australia:
  Matriculation Examination                           5 annual subjects

Tasmania:
  Higher School Certificate                           3 annual subjects

Victoria:
  Certificate of Education                            5 annual subjects

Western Australia:
Tertiary Entrance
  Examination                                         5 annual subjects


(7) The required workload is reduced to two-thirds of the normal amount of
full-time work of a course if the student cannot undertake three-quarters of
the normal workload because of:

   (a)  the institution's normal requirements for the course that the student
        is undertaking; or

   (b)  a specific direction in writing to the student from the deputy
        principal.

(8) Further, the required workload is reduced to two-thirds of the normal
amount of full-time work of a course if the deputy principal of the
educational institution recommends in writing that the student undertakes less
than three-quarters for specified academic or vocational reasons.

(9) Subregulation (8) cannot apply to more than half of the academic year.
Notes to regulation 30
1 "TAFE institution" is defined in subregulation 33 (4).
2 "Higher education institution" is defined in subregulation 33 (3); see also
Note after Schedule 5.