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FAMILY ASSISTANCE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (CHEAPER CHILD CARE) ACT 2022 (NO. 66, 2022) - SCHEDULE 7

Additional absences in exceptional circumstances

   

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

Paragraph 10(1)(b)

Omit "(2) or (3)", substitute "(2), (3) or (5)".

2  At the end of section 10

Add:

             (5)  A child care service is taken to have provided a session of care to a child on a day in a financial year if:

                     (a)  the service is not taken to have provided the session of care to the child on the day under subsection (2) or (3) only because the day is:

                              (i)  before the day the child first attended a session of care provided by the service; or

                             (ii)  after the last day the child attended a session of care provided by the service before the child ceased to be enrolled for care by the service; and

                     (b)  the Secretary is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist in relation to:

                              (i)  the child; or

                             (ii)  the individual in whose care the child is; or

                            (iii)  the partner of the individual in whose care the child is; or

                            (iv)  an individual with whom the child lives; and

                     (c)  the Secretary determines that the exceptional circumstances referred to in paragraph (b) apply in relation to the day.

             (6)  A determination under paragraph (5)(c) is not a legislative instrument.

3  Application of amendments

The amendments of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 made by this Schedule apply in relation to sessions of care provided to a child in a week that starts on or after the commencement of this item.



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