Australian Apprenticeship Support Loans Act 2014

CHAPTER 2 - Loan PAYMENTS  

PART 2.1 - QUALIFICATION AND PAYABILITY  

SECTION 8   QUALIFICATION  
Qualification for Australian apprenticeship support loan

8(1)    

A person is qualified for Australian apprenticeship support loan if:

(a)    the person is an Australian resident; and

(b)    the person is undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship; and

(c)    the person has notified the Secretary of the person ' s tax file number; and

(d)    the person meets any other conditions prescribed by the rules.

When a person is undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship

8(2)    
A qualifying apprenticeship is an apprenticeship:

(a)    

through which a person is undertaking a qualification:

(i) at a level prescribed by the rules; and

(ii) leading to an occupation or a qualification specified on the Australian Apprenticeships Priority List; and

(b)    which meets any other requirements prescribed by the rules.

8(3)    
The rules may prescribe circumstances in which a person is, or is not, taken to be undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship.

8(4)    
Without limiting the circumstances that may be prescribed for the purposes of subsection (3) , the rules may prescribe, as circumstances in which a person is taken to be undertaking a qualifying apprenticeship, the period between:

(a)    the time a person successfully completes a qualifying apprenticeship; and

(b)    the time a designated State/Territory training authority notifies the Secretary that the person has done so.