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#### 19A Fares allowance definitions
(1) This section has effect for the purposes of Part 2.26.
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears:
> approved course has the meaning given by subsection 1061ZAAA(1).
> approved tertiary course means a course of education or study that is determined, under section 5D of the Student Assistance Act 1973, to be a tertiary course for the purposes of that Act.
> external student, in relation to an approved course at a relevant educational institution, means a student enrolled for the course who is subject to a requirement, being a requirement that is a compulsory component of the course, to attend the institution for a period of time.
> independent has the same meaning as in Parts 2.11 and 3.5 (see section 1067A).
> permanent home has the meaning given by subsections (3) to (6).
> public transport does not include a taxi.
> relevant educational institution has the meaning given by subsection 1061ZAAA(1).
> required to live away from his or her permanent home has the meaning given by subsection (7).
> study year means the period in which one complete year of an approved tertiary course (as defined by this subsection) starts and finishes.
(3) Subject to subsection (5), if a person is receiving youth allowance and is not independent, the person’s permanent home is the home of the parent whose income components are assessed under Submodule 4 of Module F of the Youth Allowance Rate Calculator in section 1067G.
(4) Subject to subsection (5), if subsection 1061ZAAA(5) applies to a person, the person’s permanent home is the home of the parent whose income components were assessed, immediately before the person became independent, under Submodule 4 of Module F of the Youth Allowance Rate Calculator in section 1067G.
(5) If the parent uses more than one home, the person’s permanent home is:
(a) the home that the parent uses most frequently; or
(b) if the parent uses more than one home for equal periods, the home that the person nominates.
(6) The permanent home of a person to whom none of the preceding subsections applies is the person’s usual place of residence.
(7) A person is taken to be required to live away from his or her permanent home in order to undertake an approved tertiary course of education or study if:
(a) the person is not independent; and
(b) the person does not live at the person’s permanent home; and
(c) the Secretary determines that the person needs to live away from the person’s permanent home in order to undertake the course.