2 Applicant eligibility 2.1 Requirements for applicants This section explains who can apply for AIC allowances on behalf of a , and the eligibility criteria the applicant must meet for allowances to be payable. While any person may apply, assistance is only payable to (who may be people, institutions or organisations). In this section, unless otherwise stated, means applicant’. ‘applicant’ ‘approved Applicants who can be approved Applicants who cannot be approved as applicants as applicants Organisations or institutions as applicants received from a parent and from an organisation Only one claim per student may be accepted New required when applicant changes. 2.1.1 Applicants who can be approved To be eligible for assistance, an applicant must: meet the eligibility criteria set out in ; and not be receiving certain other Australian Government assistance (see ). The applicant must have primary (or joint) responsibility for the care and support, and be either: a person having guardianship of the student; a natural, adoptive, de or step of the student; a person with whom the student normally lives (when not living away to attend school); or in certain circumstances, a party, an organisation or an institution (see ). 2.1.2 Applicants who cannot be approved The applicant cannot be either: the ; the student’s (married or de or a person who is in a prison, correctional centre (including detention, remand and training centres) or psychiatric institution. 2.1.3 Parents as applicants 2.1.3.1 Student lives with both parents If a normally lives with both , who are not separated or divorced, either parent may be the applicant.
2 Applicant eligibility 2.1 Requirements for applicants This section explains who can apply for AIC allowances on behalf of a , and the eligibility criteria the applicant must meet for allowances to be payable. While any person may apply, assistance is only payable to (who may be people, institutions or organisations). In this section, unless otherwise stated, ‘applicant’ means ‘approved applicant’. Applicants who can be approved Applicants who cannot be approved as applicants as applicants Organisations or institutions as applicants received from a parent and from an organisation Only one claim per student may be accepted New required when applicant changes. 2.1.1 Applicants who can be approved To be eligible for assistance, an applicant must: meet the eligibility criteria set out in ; and not be receiving certain other Australian Government assistance (see ). The applicant must have primary (or joint) responsibility for the care and support, and be either: a person having guardianship of the student; a natural, adoptive, de or step of the student; a person with whom the student normally lives (when not living away to attend school); or in certain circumstances, a party, an organisation or an institution (see ). 2.1.2 Applicants who cannot be approved The applicant cannot be either: the ; the student’s (married or de or a person who is in a prison, correctional centre (including detention, remand and training centres) or psychiatric institution. 2.1.3 Parents as applicants 2.1.3.1 Student lives with both parents If a normally lives with both , who are not separated or divorced, either parent may be the applicant.
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