Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1996 No. 21 AUSTUDY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2

2.1 After Chapter 6A, insert:
Chapter 6B
Schooling Incidentals Allowance
103
Interpretation

"103. In this Chapter:
'SIA' means the Schooling Incidentals Allowance payable under this
Chapter.
104
Who can get SIA?

"104. (1) A student can get SIA in a year if:

   (a)  he or she is a secondary student; and

   (b)  at some time between 1 January and 31 March in that year, he
or she qualifies as independent under regulation 72, 73, 74, 75
or 76.

"(2) A student cannot get SIA in a year if:

   (a)  he or she has already been paid SIA in that year; or

   (b)  he or she has been paid a Schooling Incidentals Allowance or
an Incidentals Allowance under the ABSTUDY Scheme (also known as
the Aboriginal Study Assistance Scheme) in that year.
105
How much is SIA?

"105. (1) SIA for the year 1996 is a single payment of $300.

"(2) SIA for a year later than 1996 is a single payment of the
amount worked out by multiplying SIA for the year before that
later year by the indexation factor for that later year.

"(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2), the indexation factor
is identical to the indexation factor applied in section 12ZZA of
the Act for the purposes of that section.
106
How might an overpayment of SIA arise?

"106. If a student has been paid SIA in a year, and he or she has
not begun to study in the course for which that amount was paid by
the end of the second week of classes in the first term or
semester of the course, the amount paid is taken to be a student
assistance overpayment for the purposes of Part 6 of the Act.".