Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Extend Family Assistance to ABSTUDY Secondary School Boarding Students Aged 16 and Over) Act 2019 (73 of 2019)

Schedule 1   Amendments

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

3   At the end of section 22A

Add:

Interaction with ABSTUDY

(2) This subsection applies to an individual if:

(a) the individual, or someone on behalf of the individual, is, at the particular time, receiving payments under the ABSTUDY scheme; and

(b) the payments are being paid on the basis that the individual:

(i) is undertaking full-time study at a secondary school (within the meaning of the Student Assistance Act 1973); and

(ii) is, in accordance with the ABSTUDY scheme, a student approved to live away from home; and

(iii) is boarding away from home for the purposes of attending the school.

Note: For undertaking full-time study , see subsection 3(1).