# Defence student

> reg-1.04B — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

1.04B Defence student
               A person is a Defence student if:
                (a) the person has been approved by the Defence Minister to undertake a
                    full-time course of study or training under a scholarship scheme or training
                    program approved by the Defence Minister; and
                (b) the person is:
                      (i) the holder of a student visa granted in circumstances where the person
                          intended to undertake the course of study or training; or
                     (ii) an applicant for a student visa whose application shows an intention to
                          undertake the course of study or training; and
                (c) in the case of a person mentioned in subparagraph (b)(i)—the person has
                    not ceased, completed, withdrawn from, or been excluded from:
                      (i) the course of study or training to which the visa relates; or
                     (ii) another course approved by the Defence Minister in substitution for
                          that course.