159Student travel passes—transitional provision

159 Student travel passes—transitional provision

159 Student travel passes—transitional provision

(1) Until the regulations otherwise provide, full fee paying overseas students—

(a) are not entitled to be issued with a concessional travel pass (as referred to in section 88) of a kind that is available only to persons who are students at tertiary educational institutions, and

(b) are not entitled to the benefit of concessional travel in circumstances where only a person who is entitled to be issued with such a pass is entitled to that benefit.

(2) This clause extends to travel under a scheme for Government subsidised travel as referred to in section 39.

(3) In this clause, full fee paying overseas student means a person who has been permitted to enter Australia on a visa issued on the basis that while in Australia the person will be enrolled as a full-time student at a tertiary educational institution, paying the full cost of their tuition and will have sufficient funds to meet their educational and living costs in Australia.