Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An individual must not obtain fee reductions if the individual has not been determined to be conditionally eligible for child care benefit by fee reduction.
(2) An individual must not obtain an incorrect amount of fee reductions.
(3) If an approved child care service is not eligible under section 47 of the Family Assistance Act for child care benefit by fee reduction for care provided by the service to a child at risk, the service must not, in respect of the child, obtain a payment under section 219Q or subsection 219QA(2) in respect of fee reduction.
(3A) For the purposes of an offence against section 177 that relates to a contravention of subsection (3) of this section, strict liability applies to the following elements of the offence:
(a) the element that a child care service's lack of eligibility for a child care benefit is a lack of eligibility under section 47 of the Family Assistance Act;
(b) the element that a payment in respect of fee reduction is paid to the service under section 219Q or subsection 219QA(2).
(4) If an approved child care service is eligible under section 47 of the Family Assistance Act for child care benefit by fee reduction for care provided by the service to a child at risk, the service must not obtain an incorrect amount of a payment under section 219Q or section 219QA in respect of fee reduction.
(4A) For the purposes of an offence against section 177 that relates to a contravention of subsection (4) of this section, strict liability applies to the following elements of the offence:
(a) the element that a child care service's eligibility for a child care benefit is an eligibility under section 47 of the Family Assistance Act;
(b) the element that an incorrect amount of a payment is an incorrect amount of a payment under section 219Q or subsection 219QA(2).
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