(1)

An approved child care service is eligible for child care benefit by instalment if:

(a)

during the whole or part of an instalment period (see subsection (2)), a determination is in force under Part 3 of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 that the service is conditionally eligible for child care benefit by instalment in respect of a child; and

(b)

during the next instalment period, the service gives the Secretary, in accordance with a form and in a manner approved by the Secretary:

(i)

a statement that the service provided sessions of care of a specified number of hours to the child while the determination was in force; and

(ii)

a statement of the total amount of child care benefit that would be applicable for all of those hours under Division 4 of Part 4, assuming the service were eligible for child care benefit under this section; and

(iii)

details of the basis on which the amount in subparagraph (ii) was calculated; and

(iv)

any other information required by the Secretary; and

(c)

the Secretary is satisfied that the amount stated under subparagraph (b)(ii) was correctly calculated on the basis detailed under subparagraph (b)(iii).

Instalment period

(2)

In this section: