9.5.2.6 Place of Study

To be eligible for benefits under the Schemes a student must generally be undertaking study within Australia or have made application or been accepted to study within Australia.

The Commission may waive this requirement if the circumstances of the student are held to be exceptional.

Overseas study

Allowances are paid at the living away from home rate to a student who has been awarded a place within a formal overseas exchange scheme or who has received a scholarship to study overseas. This benefit is payable for the duration of the approved period of overseas study.