Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

STUDENT ASSISTANCE REGULATIONS 2003 - REG 5C

         (1)   For the purposes of assessing a qualification for the Independent (Unreasonable to Live at Home) Homeless rate, the parent of a student or an Australian apprentice is any of the following:

                (a)    a natural parent of the student or Australian apprentice;

               (b)    an adoptive parent;

                (c)    a relationship parent.

         (2)   For any other purpose, the parent of a student or an Australian apprentice is any of the following:

                (a)    a natural, adoptive or relationship parent with whom the student or Australian apprentice lives;

               (b)    if a natural, adoptive or relationship parent with whom the student or Australian apprentice normally lives is a member of a couple, and normally lives with the other member of the couple -- the other member of the couple;

                (c)    a person (other than a partner of the student or Australian apprentice) on whom the student or Australian apprentice is wholly or substantially dependent;

               (d)    if the care of the student or Australian apprentice is shared between parents, or the parents are separated under the same roof -- the parent with primary care responsibility for the student or Australian apprentice;

                (e)    if no other paragraph of this definition applies -- a natural, adoptive or relationship parent with whom the student or Australian apprentice last lived.