1 At the end of section 592K
Add:
Person's place of study is in a major city location
(6) Despite section 592J, a person is not qualified for a relocation scholarship payment if:
(a) at the person's qualification time, the person is not independent (see section 1067A); and
(b) at the person's qualification time, the person is required to live away from home (see section 1067D); and
(c) on the day the person started to undertake the course referred to in paragraph 592J(d), the home of each parent of the person was in a major city location; and
(d) at the person's qualification time, the person's place of study, worked out in accordance with an instrument in force under subsection ( 8), is in a major city location.
Note: For parent see subsection 5(1) and for major city location see subsection ( 9).
(7) Despite section 592J, a person is not qualified for a relocation scholarship payment if:
(a) at the person's qualification time, the person is independent because of subsection 1067A(3), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) or (11); and
(b) on the day 6 months before the person started to undertake the course referred to in paragraph 592J(d), the person's usual place of residence was in a major city location; and
(c) at the person's qualification time, the person's place of study, worked out in accordance with an instrument in force under subsection ( 8), is in a major city location.
Note: For major city location see subsection ( 9).
(8) The Secretary may, by legislative instrument, make principles that must be complied with when working out a person's place of study at a particular time.
(9) In this section:
"major city location" means a location categorised as one of the Major Cities of Australia, under the Remoteness Structure as defined in subsection 1067A(10F).
2 Application provision
The amendment made by this Schedule applies in relation to working out whether a person is qualified for a relocation scholarship payment at a time on or after the commencement of this Schedule (regardless of whether the person qualified for a relocation scholarship payment at a time before that commencement).