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SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 97

97 .         Terms used

                In this Subdivision —

        adult student means a person who enrols at a government school in a year and whose compulsory education period has ended before January in that year;

        contribution means voluntary contribution;

        extra cost optional component means an optional component of a government school’s educational programme having a cost that is not incorporated into the determination of the school’s charges or contributions under section 99 because of the high cost associated with the provision of that optional component before the end of a child’s compulsory education period;

        first charges payment year in relation to a student —

            (a)         until 31 December 2010, means the first calendar year in which the student had reached 12 years of age by the beginning of the year; and

            (b)         on and from 1 January 2011 until 31 December 2014, means the first calendar year in which the student had reached 12 years and 6 months of age by the beginning of the year; and

            (c)         on and from 1 January 2015, means the first calendar year in which the student has reached 11 years and 6 months by the beginning of the year;

        overseas student means a person who enrols at a government school and who —

            (a)         is not entitled to reside permanently in Australia; and

            (b)         satisfies the criteria (if any) prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this Subdivision.

        [Section 97 amended: No. 22 of 2005 s. 11; No. 28 of 2014 s. 29.]



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