the service is taken to have provided the session of care to the child.

Absence from all of a session provided by other services

(3)

For the purposes of this Act, if:

(a)

a child is absent from all of a session of care that would otherwise have been provided to the child by an approved child care service (except an occasional care service); and

(b)

one of the following applies:

(i)

the absence is due to the illness of the child, the individual in whose care the child is, that individual's partner, or another individual with whom the child lives and a medical certificate covering that illness is obtained from a medical practitioner and given to the service;

(ii)

the absence is due to the child's attendance at a pre-school;

(iii)

the absence is due to alternative care arrangements being made for the child because the child does not have to be at school on a pupil-free day;

(iv)

the absence occurs in circumstances specified in a determination under subsection 11(1) as permitted circumstances for the purpose of this subparagraph;

(v)

the absence occurs on a permitted absence day (see subsection (4));