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Other dependent students - Student Allowance definition

This provides the Student Allowance definition for other dependent students.

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.
Last updated: 18 September 2009