Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 No. 46, 1991 - SECT 37

37. (1) A young person is taken to be a dependent child of another person
(in this section called the "adult") for the purposes of Part 2.17 (family
allowance) if:

   (a)  the young person is an inmate of a mental hospital; and

   (b)  the mental hospital is either:

   (i)  maintained by the Commonwealth, a State, the Australian Capital
        Territory or the Northern Territory; or

   (ii) mainly dependent upon financial assistance from the Commonwealth, a
        State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory; and

   (c)  the adult is making a reasonable contribution towards the expenses of
        maintaining the young person; and

   (d)  the Secretary determines that the young person is to be taken to be a
        dependent child of the adult.

(2) Where the adult is the male member of a couple, the Secretary may
determine, under paragraph (1) (d), that the young person is to be taken to be
the dependent child of the female member of the couple.