A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Child Care Benefit — Eligible Hours of Care) Determination 2006 A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
I, MALCOLM THOMAS BROUGH, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, make this Determination under section 57A of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999. Dated 26 June 2006 MAL BROUGH Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
1 Name of Determination This Determination is the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Child Care Benefit — Eligible Hours of Care) Determination 2006.
2 Commencement This Determination commences on 3 July 2006.
3 Revocation The Child Care Benefit (Eligible Hours of Care) Determination 2000 is revoked.
4 References to revoked Determination (1) A reference in an instrument to the Child Care Benefit (Eligible Hours of Care) Determination 2000 is taken, after commencement of this Determination, to include a reference to this Determination. (2) A reference in an instrument to a provision of the Child Care Benefit (Eligible Hours of Care) Determination 2000 (the revoked provision) is taken, after commencement of this Determination, to include a reference to a provision of this Determination that corresponds to the revoked provision. (3) In this section: instrument includes a contract, deed, undertaking, and a funding or other agreement, but does not include a legislative instrument within the meaning of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. Note For references in a legislative instrument, see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 and paragraph 13 (1) (a) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
5 Interpretation (1) In this Determination: Act means the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999. claimant means a fee reduction claimant or a past period claimant within the meaning of section 52 of the Act. (2) An expression used in this Determination that is also used in the Act or the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 has the same meaning in this Determination as it has in the Act or the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999.
6 Eligible Hours of Care (1) If the weekly limit of hours applicable to a claimant worked out using Subdivision G of Division 4 of Part 3 of the Act is 24, 50, or more than 50, the hours in the sessions of care provided by an approved child care service to a child in a week must be counted towards the weekly limit in the following order: (a) first, non-standard hours family day care; (b) second, non-standard hours in-home care; (c) third, part-time family day care up to and including 37½ hours a week; (d) fourth, part-time in-home care up to and including 37½ hours a week; (e) fifth, part-time long day care; (f) sixth, part-time family day care over 37½ hours a week; (g) seventh, part-time in-home care over 37½ hours a week. (2) For paragraph (1) (e), part-time long day care means care for which the part-time % is more than 100% under subclause 2 (2) of Schedule 2 to the Act.