CHILD CARE PAYMENTS ACT 1997 No. 195 of 1997 - SECT 5 Definitions
CHILD CARE PAYMENTS ACT 1997 No. 195 of 1997 - SECT 5
Definitions In this Act:AAT is short for the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
absence , in relation to a child and a child care service, does not include any period after the service has stopped providing care for the child (otherwise than temporarily).
Agency means the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency established by the Agency Act.
Agency Act means the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency Act 1997 .
Australian Immunisation Handbook means the latest edition of the Australian Immunisation Handbook published by the Australian Government Publishing Service.
authorised review officer means an * officer authorised under section 277 to perform duties as an authorised review officer for the purposes of this Act.
centre based long day care service means a child care service approved as a centre based long day care service under Part 1 of Chapter 6.
CEO , in relation to the * Agency, means the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency.
child care assistance hours means child care assistance hours that are, or are to be, allocated to * child care assistance services under Part 1 of Chapter 6.
child care assistance means child care assistance under Chapter 2.
child care assistance service means a child care service that has been approved as a service of one of the following kinds under Part 1 of Chapter 6:
- (a) a centre
based long day care service;
(b) a family day care service;
(c) an occasional care service;
(d) an outside school hours care service.
- (a)
child care assistance (see Chapter 2); or
(b) child care rebate (see Chapter 3); or
(c) emergency child care assistance (see Chapter 5).
- Note: Emergency
child care assistance is not a child care payment to which Chapter 4
applies.
child care rebate service means:
- (a) a * child care assistance
service; or
(b) a child care service that is registered under Part 2 of Chapter 6 as a child care rebate service.
comply with a tax file number request has the meaning given by sections 6 and 7.
conscientious objection , in relation to the immunisation of a child, has the meaning given by section 8.
dependent child :
- (a) when used in relation to child care assistance,
has the meaning given by section 21; and
(b) when used in relation to child care rebate, has the meaning given by section 79.
- (a) in Part 1 of Chapter
6--rules made under section 185, 186, 187 or 188; or
(b) in Part 2 of Chapter 6--rules made under section 216.
employee , in relation to the * Agency, has the same meaning as in the * Agency Act.
entitled :
- (a) when used in relation to child care
assistance, has the meaning given by section 19; and
(b) when used in relation to child care rebate, has the meaning given by section 77.
group payment has the meaning given by subsection 60(2).
group payment notice , in relation to a * group payment, has the meaning given by subsection 60(3).
immunised , in relation to a child, means the child is immunised in accordance with:
- (a) a standard vaccination
schedule determined under subsection 18(1); or
(b) a catch up vaccination schedule determined under subsection 18(1).
inhabitant of Australia means:
- (a) a
person who is an inhabitant of Australia for the purposes of the
Social Security Act 1991 ; or
- Note: The definition relevant
to paragraph (a) is in subsection 23(1) of the
Social Security Act 1991 .
- (a) if it is a *
prospective claim:
- (i) the period specified in accordance with
section 48; or
(ii) if that period has been extended under section 33--that period as so extended; or
- (b) if it is a * retrospective claim--the period
specified in accordance with section 51.
- (a) if it is a
prospective claim:
- (i) the period specified in accordance with
section 101; or
(ii) if that period has been extended under section 87--that period as so extended; or
- (b) if it is a retrospective claim--the period specified
in accordance with section 104.
member of a couple has the meaning given by section 11.
National Convener means the National Convener of the Social Security Appeals Tribunal.
occasional care service means a child care service approved as an occasional care service under Part 1 of Chapter 6.
officer means a person performing duties, or exercising powers or functions, under or in relation to this Act and, in relation to a provision of Part 2 of Chapter 7, includes:
- (a) a person who has
been such a person; and
(b) a person who is or has been appointed or employed by the Commonwealth and who, as a result of that appointment or employment, may acquire or has acquired * information about a person under this Act; and
(c) a person who, although not appointed or employed by the Commonwealth, performs or did perform services for the Commonwealth and who, as a result of performing those services, may acquire or has acquired information about a person under this Act.
partner , in relation to a person who is a * member of a couple, means the other member of the couple.
payday means a day that is a family payment payday for the purposes of the Social Security Act 1991 .
payment commencement day means the day that is, under section 12, the payment commencement day.
payment period means the period of 2 weeks starting on the Monday that is the * payment commencement day and the period of 2 weeks starting on each succeeding alternate Monday.
prospective claim :
- (a) when used in relation to child care assistance, has the meaning
given by paragraph 37(1)(a); and
(b) when used in relation to child care rebate, has the meaning given by paragraph 90(1)(a).
- (a) * information
about a person or a child care service that is or was held in the
records of the Department or the Agency; or
(b) information that there is no information about a person or a child care service held in the records of the Department or the * Agency.
recipient notification notice means a notice under section 73 or 125.
recipient reconciliation notice means a notice under section 75 or 127.
recipient statement notice means a notice under section 74 or 126.
recognised immunisation provider has the same meaning as in section 46A of the Health Insurance Act 1973 .
retrospective claim :
- (a)
when used in relation to child care assistance, has the meaning given
by paragraph 37(1)(b); and
(b) when used in relation to child care rebate, has the meaning given by paragraph 90(1)(b).
Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.
service arrangements has the same meaning as in the * Agency Act.
session of care has the meaning given by a determination in force under subsection 18(2).
SSAT is short for the Social Security Appeals Tribunal.
tax file number has the same meaning as in Part VA of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 .
tax file number request means a request under subsection 44(1), 45(1), 71(1), 72(1), 97(1), 98(1), 123(1) or 124(1).
tax year has the same meaning as year of income has in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 .
- Note: The
relevant definition is in section 6 of the Income Tax Assessment Act
1936 .