1.1.E.50 Eligibility period (SFSS)

Note

No new financial supplement loans are available from 1 January 2004.

For existing loans, a person's loan repayment arrangements will continue unchanged. Remaining loans will be collected via the taxation system.

The following SFSS guideline references remain for historical purposes.

For the purposes of SFSS, the maximum eligibility period is defined in the following table.

Category	Maximum eligibility period
Category 1 student (1.1.C.70)	The period during which the student would be eligible to receive YA, Austudy or PES in a calendar year.
Category 2 student (1.1.C.80)	The period during which the student would be eligible to receive YA if not ineligible under the parental income test (1.1.P.40).

Act reference: SSAct Chapter 2B Student Financial Supplement Scheme