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CHILD CARE PAYMENTS ACT 1997 No. 195 of 1997 - SECT 5

Definitions In this Act:

AAT is short for the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

absence , in relation to a child and a child care service, does not include any period after the service has stopped providing care for the child (otherwise than temporarily).

Agency means the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency established by the Agency Act.

Agency Act means the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency Act 1997 .

Australian Immunisation Handbook means the latest edition of the Australian Immunisation Handbook published by the Australian Government Publishing Service.

authorised review officer means an * officer authorised under section 277 to perform duties as an authorised review officer for the purposes of this Act.

centre based long day care service means a child care service approved as a centre based long day care service under Part 1 of Chapter 6.

CEO , in relation to the * Agency, means the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency.

child care assistance hours means child care assistance hours that are, or are to be, allocated to * child care assistance services under Part 1 of Chapter 6.

child care assistance means child care assistance under Chapter 2.

child care assistance service means a child care service that has been approved as a service of one of the following kinds under Part 1 of Chapter 6:

child care payment means:

child care rebate means child care rebate under Chapter 3.

child care rebate service means:

child care service means a service that provides child care. For the purposes of Part 2 of Chapter 6, an individual who cares for a child is taken to operate a child care service.

comply with a tax file number request has the meaning given by sections 6 and 7.

conscientious objection , in relation to the immunisation of a child, has the meaning given by section 8.

dependent child :

eligibility rules means:

emergency child care assistance means emergency child care assistance under Chapter 5.

employee , in relation to the * Agency, has the same meaning as in the * Agency Act.

entitled :

family day care service means a child care service approved as a family day care service under Part 1 of Chapter 6.

group payment has the meaning given by subsection 60(2).

group payment notice , in relation to a * group payment, has the meaning given by subsection 60(3).

immunised , in relation to a child, means the child is immunised in accordance with:

information includes estimates.

inhabitant of Australia means:

maximum assistance period , in relation to a claim for child care assistance, means:

maximum rebate period , in relation to a claim for child care rebate, means:

medical practitioner means a person registered or licensed as a medical practitioner under a State or Territory law that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners.

member of a couple has the meaning given by section 11.

National Convener means the National Convener of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal.

occasional care service means a child care service approved as an occasional care service under Part 1 of Chapter 6.

officer means a person performing duties, or exercising powers or functions, under or in relation to this Act and, in relation to a provision of Part 2 of Chapter 7, includes:

outside school hours care service means a child care service approved as an outside school hours care service under Part 1 of Chapter 6.

partner , in relation to a person who is a * member of a couple, means the other member of the couple.

payday means a day that is a family payment payday for the purposes of the Social Security Act 1991 .

payment commencement day means the day that is, under section 12, the payment commencement day.

payment period means the period of 2 weeks starting on the Monday that is the * payment commencement day and the period of 2 weeks starting on each succeeding alternate Monday.

prospective claim :

protected information means:

receiving has a meaning affected by section 13.

recipient notification notice means a notice under section 73 or 125.

recipient reconciliation notice means a notice under section 75 or 127.

recipient statement notice means a notice under section 74 or 126.

recognised immunisation provider has the same meaning as in section 46A of the Health Insurance Act 1973 .

retrospective claim :

satisfies the work/training/study test has the meaning given by section 14.

Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.

service arrangements has the same meaning as in the * Agency Act.

session of care has the meaning given by a determination in force under subsection 18(2).

SSAT is short for the Social Security Appeals Tribunal.

tax file number has the same meaning as in Part VA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 .

tax file number request means a request under subsection 44(1), 45(1), 71(1), 72(1), 97(1), 98(1), 123(1) or 124(1).

tax year has the same meaning as year of income has in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 .



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