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When a person becomes eligible for the Relocation Scholarship for the first time, the higher amount will generally be payable to that person. However, the higher amount cannot be paid if either:
- the person has previously received a student relocation payment; or
- more than 6 months prior to the person becoming eligible for the relocation scholarship and in any previous calendar year the person did an approved scholarship course while at the same time receiving; the homeless or living away from home allowance for a tertiary student
Effectively, this means that a person will only ever receive the higher amount of the Relocation Scholarship once (hence it is known as the ‘initial’ amount). The higher amount is intended to assist with the initial costs of relocating in order to study.
These provisions also mean that students who, more than 6 months prior to qualifying for the payment were receiving the living away from home, homeless or orphan allowance for a tertiary student while undertaking an approved scholarship course, will be ineligible for the higher amount.