Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD CARE PAYMENTS ACT 1997 No. 195 of 1997 - SECT 177

(1) It is a condition of a ^* child care assistance service's approval that the service satisfies the ^* eligibility rules for services to continue to be approved as services of that kind.

Note 1: See sections 185, 186, 187 and 188 for the eligibility rules.

Note 2: The Secretary may exempt a child care service from complying with an eligibility rule (see section 189).

(2) It is a condition of a ^* child care assistance service's approval that the service holds an allocation of ^* child care assistance hours per fortnight.

Note: Division 2 of this Part (sections 192 to 204) deals with the allocation of ^* child care assistance hours.

(3) It is a condition of a ^* child care assistance service's approval that the service does not exceed its ^* child care assistance hours limit.

Meaning of exceeding child care assistance hours limit

(4) A ^* child care assistance service exceeds its child care assistance hours limit if:

(a) in a ^* payment period, it provides a number of hours of child care; and

(b) child care assistance is paid in respect of those hours of child care; and

(c) that number of hours is greater than the number of hours in the service's allocation of ^* child care assistance hours.

(5) It is a condition of the approval of a ^* child care assistance service that the provision of care by the service complies with all applicable requirements imposed by a law of the Commonwealth, or of the State or Territory in which the service is situated, relating to child care.

Conditions imposed by notice to operator

(6) The Secretary may impose other conditions on the approval of a ^* child care assistance service by notice in writing to the operator of the service.

Conditions imposed by notice in Gazette

(7) The Minister may at any time impose other conditions on the approval of a class of ^* child care assistance services by determination in writing published in the Gazette .