Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 5F

             (1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"Aboriginal study assistance scheme" means:

                     (a)  the ABSTUDY Scheme; or

                     (b)  the Aboriginal Overseas Study Assistance Scheme; or

                     (c)  a scheme prescribed for the purposes of this definition.

"adopted child" means a child adopted under the law of any place, whether in Australia or not, relating to the adoption of children.

"child" means:

                     (a)  a person who has not turned 16; or

                     (b)  a person who:

                              (i)  has turned 16 but has not turned 25; and

                             (ii)  is receiving full‑time education at a school, college or university;

but does not include such a person if the person is receiving:

                     (c)  a disability support pension; or

                     (d)  a wife pension; or

                     (e)  a carer payment; or

                      (f)  a pension PP (single); or

                     (g)  a widow B pension; or

                     (h)  a widowed person allowance; or

                      (i)  a rehabilitation allowance; or

                      (j)  a social security benefit (except youth allowance paid because the person is at least 16 but less than 25 and is receiving full‑time education at a school, college or university);

under the Social Security Act.

"dependent child" has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act.

"family tax benefit" has the meaning given by subsection 3(1) of the Family Assistance Act.

"FTB child" has the meaning given by Subdivision A of Division 1 of Part 3 of the Family Assistance Act.

"maximum Part A rate of family tax benefit" is the maximum rate worked out in step 1 of the method statement in clause 3 of Schedule 1 to the Family Assistance Act.

"parent" means, in relation to an adopted child, an adoptive parent of the child.

"regular care child" has the meaning given by subsection 3(1) of the Family Assistance Act.

When a person becomes a dependent child

             (2)  A person becomes a dependent child at the time when the person would become a dependent child for the purposes of the Social Security Act if that Act applied in respect of the person.