Information about changes in circumstances

(1)

The regulations may make provision for the giving of information to the Secretary, by individuals or approved child care services who have become entitled to be paid child care benefit, or to have child care benefit paid, under the regulations, about changes in:

(a)

circumstances that may be relevant to their entitlement; or

(b)

their address.

Information about changes in service used

(2)

If the regulations make provision in accordance with paragraph 49(1)(a) for the Secretary to determine that individuals are conditionally eligible for child care benefit by instalment to an approved child care service, the regulations may make provision for the individuals to advise the Secretary of the name and address of any other approved child care service that begins to provide sessions of care for the child.

Information about children cared for by services

(3)

The regulations may make provision for approved child care services to give the Secretary the following information, in a specified form and manner and at a specified time:

(a)

the names of all children to whom the services provided sessions of care during specified periods;

(b)

the number of hours in those sessions of care;

(c)

the amount of child care benefit that the services have been or will be paid in respect of those sessions of care and the children to whom the amounts relate;

(d)

any other information of a specified kind in relation to the services.