Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), an austudy payment is not payable to a person if the person's austudy payment rate would be nil.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person if the person's rate would be nil merely because:
(a) an election by the person under subsection 915A(1) (about quarterly energy supplement) or 1061VA(1) (about quarterly pension supplement) is in force; or
(b) the person has been paid an advance pharmaceutical allowance under the social security law.