VET STUDENT LOANS ACT 2016 - SECT 11 Citizenship and residency
VET STUDENT LOANS ACT 2016 - SECT 11
Citizenship and residency(b) the holder of a permanent humanitarian visa, or a Pacific engagement visa, who is usually resident in Australia; or
(c) a qualifying New Zealand citizen.
(1A) Permanent humanitarian visa has the same meaning in this Act as in the Migration Regulations 1994 .
(1B) A Pacific engagement visa is:
(a) a visa referred to in the Migration Regulations 1994 as a Subclass 192 (Pacific Engagement) visa; or
(b) a visa of a kind determined under subsection (1C).
(1C) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine a kind of visa for the purposes of paragraph (1B)(b) if the Minister has been advised by the Minister administering the Migration Act 1958 (the Immigration Minister ) that, in the opinion of the Immigration Minister:
(a) the kind of visa has replaced or will replace:
(i) the kind of visa mentioned in paragraph (1B)(a); or
(ii) a kind of visa previously determined under this subsection; and
(b) the replacement kind of visa is intended to give the same benefits as the replaced kind of visa.
(2) A qualifying New Zealand citizen is a New Zealand citizen who:
(a) holds a special category visa; and
(b) has been usually resident in Australia for at least 10 years; and
(c) was a dependent child when he or she was first usually resident in Australia; and
(d) has been in Australia for periods totalling 8 years during the previous 10 years; and
(e) has been in Australia for periods totalling 18 months during
the previous 2 years.