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Payee for ABSTUDY Allowances and Benefits

This table describes how to determine if a person is the payee for ABSTUDY Allowances and Benefits.

Payment	Payee	Further information
ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement	Student	ABSTUDY Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) qualifications
Additional Assistance	Applicant	ABSTUDY Additional Assistance
Additional Incidentals Allowance	Student	ABSTUDY Additional Incidentals Allowance
Away from Base Assistance - Residential Expenses	Education provider or organisation incurring expense	Approval of ABSTUDY Away from Base assistance
Away from Base Assistance - Travel Allowance	Student or education provider	Approval of ABSTUDY Away from Base assistance
Fares Allowance	Where an entitlement to reimbursement of travel costs has been approved, the payee can be the: student third party institution who incurred the expense	Reimbursing fares and additional costs after travel has been undertaken for ABSTUDY
Incidentals Allowance	Student	ABSTUDY Incidentals Allowance
Lawful Custody Allowance	Correctional institution or education provider. The payee can be the student only where the correctional institution has made that arrangement	ABSTUDY Lawful Custody Allowance
Living Allowance	Student or apprentice if 18 or older, or independent, Student if 16-17, and requested by the parent/guardian, or student is not benefiting from the allowance If requested by the parent, the private board provider Boarding school Hostel that is a signatory to an ABSTUDY Hostels Agreement	ABSTUDY Living Allowance
Payment of student contribution or tuition fees	Higher education provider, Australian Taxation Office (ATO) or Student	Payment of tuition fees or Student Contribution for ABSTUDY Masters and Doctorate study
Pharmaceutical Allowance	Same as Living Allowance.	Pharmaceutical Allowance (PhA)
Relocation Allowance	Removal costs: student on reimbursement or direct to the removal/hire truck company	ABSTUDY Relocation Allowance
Remote Area Allowance	Same as Living Allowance	Remote Area Allowance (RAA)
Rent Assistance	Same as Living Allowance	Qualification for the payment of Rent Assistance
School Fee Allowance - Group 1	School, in advance for full entitlement, or Applicant, via reimbursement after they supply the school receipt/s	ABSTUDY School Fees Allowance (SFA) at home rate (Group 1)
School Fee Allowance - Group 2	School Hostel that is a signatory to an ABSTUDY Hostels Agreement, or Reimburse the person who incurred the expenses upon presentation of receipt/s	ABSTUDY School Fees Allowance (SFA) (Group 2)
School Term Allowance	Applicant, which is the parent or guardian, not the student	ABSTUDY School Term Allowance
Thesis Allowance	Student	ABSTUDY Thesis Allowance

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