Section 737 — Social Security Act 1991: Full-time students

(1) Subject to subsection (3), a special benefit is not payable to a person: (a) who has turned 18; or (b) who satisfies both of the following: (i) the person has not turned 16; and (ii) the person is not a SPB homeless person; if the person is enrolled in a full-time course of education or of vocational training. Note: For SPB homeless person see section 739. Period for which benefit not payable (2) The period for which a special benefit is not payable under subsection (1) is the period that: (a) starts when the person starts the course; and (b) finishes when the person: (i) completes the course; or (ii) abandons the course; or (iii) gives notice to the provider of the course that the person: (A) wishes to withdraw from the course; or (B) wishes to withdraw from such number of subjects that the person’s course will no longer be a full-time course; and (c) includes periods of vacation. Subsection (1) does not apply in certain cases (3) Subsection (1) does not prevent a special benefit from being payable for any period during which: (a) a person is enrolled in a course of study that the Secretary has required the person to undertake under section 736; or (b) the person is engaged in a course undertaken under an employment pathway plan; or (c) the person has deferred a course of education.