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Veterans' Children Education Scheme
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This item is authorised by the following title:
Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986
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F2023C00917 (C09)
20 September 2023
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1 Name of instrument
2 Commencement
3 Saving and Transitional Provisions
4 Application
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PART 1—Introduction
1.2 Interpretation
1.3 Authority for the Scheme
1.4 Purpose of the Scheme
1.5 Administration of the Scheme
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PART 2—Eligibility Conditions
2.1 Eligible child
2.1A Eligible child Entitlement Restrictions
2.2 Claim for benefits
2.3 Who may claim
2.4 Commencement of assistance under the Scheme
2.5 Cessation of assistance under the Scheme
2.6 Place of Study
2.7 Course coverage
2.10 Absences from study for primary and secondary students
2.11 Effect of other assistance on eligibility
2.12 Allowances mutually exclusive
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PART 3—Education Allowances
3.1 Purpose of education allowances
3.2 Allowances for Primary education
3.3 Allowances for Secondary and Tertiary students living at home
3.4 Living away from home allowance for secondary students
3.5 Living away from home allowance for Tertiary students
3.6 Homeless student education allowance
3.6A Double orphan education allowance
3.7 Part time students
3.8 Amount of education allowances & Indexing
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PART 3A—Clean Energy Payments
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Division 1—Clean energy advance
Eligibility for days 14 May 2012 to 30 June 2012
Eligibility for days 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013
Eligibility for days 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013
First day of eligibility under paragraph 3A.1.2 or 3A.1.3
Limits on eligibility for multiple advances
Amount of a clean energy advance
Clean energy advance daily rate
Number of advance days
Top up payments of clean energy advance
Method of working out the top up payment for a person
Top up payment for first change of circumstances
Top up payment for subsequent change of circumstances
Payment of clean energy advance
Debts relating to clean energy advances
Creation and amount of debt
Relationship with sections of Act
Multiple entitlement exclusion Clean Energy advance
Division 2—Energy supplement and quarterly Energy supplement
Energy supplement
Energy supplement payable
Rate of energy supplement
Multiple entitlement exclusion Energy Supplement
Quarterly payment of energy supplement
Rate of quarterly energy supplement
Payment of quarterly energy supplement
Division 3—Adjustments relating to clean energy underlying payments
Special rules for indexation of clean energy underlying payments on or after 1 January 2014
PART 3B—Income Support Bonus
PART 3C—COVID 19 Supplement
PART 4–Guidance and Counselling
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PART 5—Other Assistance
5.1 Fares allowance
5.2 Additional Tuition
5.3 Special Assistance
5.4 Rates for Additional Tuition and Special Assistance
5.5 Rent assistance
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PART 7—Bequests and Trusts
7.1 Determination of use of funds
7.2 Scholarships
7.3 Long Tan Bursary
7.4 Student Start up Scholarship Payment
7.5 Relocation Scholarship Payment
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PART 8—Determination of Assistance
8.1 Determinations
8.2 Review of decisions
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
Endnote 5—Editorial changes
Endnote 6—Miscellaneous