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A student may be eligible for payment of benefits under the MRCAETS with effect from either:

  1. the date of commencement of the first formal year of primary schooling; or
  2. the first payday in January of the calendar year in which the claim is made for an eligible child; or
  3. the first payday after the student meets the eligibility requirements of the Scheme,

whichever date is the later, providing that on that date, the student has not yet attained 25 years of age and is not receiving a financial benefit from the Commonwealth in the nature of educational assistance or income support