Other dependent students - Student Allowance definition

For the parents of a student applying for a Student Allowance, another dependent student is someone:

• who is attending a full-time course at a tertiary provider or a secondary school, and
• who is not studying overseas unless they are undertaking a recognised exchange programme, and
• who is aged 16 years or over but under 24 years at 1 January of the year the Student Allowance is applied for, and
• who has not been awarded an Independent Circumstances Allowance, and
• for whom the parent(s) don't get a Work and Income Orphans or Unsupported Childs Benefit, and
• who receives financial support from you.