Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY (NON-BUDGET MEASURES) LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1995 No. 105, 1995 - SECT 19

19. After section 844 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Backdating-prospective adoption of child

"844A.(1) If:

   (a)  as part of the process for the adoption of a child by a person, the
        child is entrusted to the care of the person by an authorised party;
        and

   (b)  the child is a dependent child of the person; and

   (c)  the person lodges a claim for family payment within 13 weeks after the
        day ('placement day') on which the child became a dependent child of
        the person; the person's provisional commencement day is the placement
        day.
Note: For 'authorised party' see subsection (2)



"(2) In subsection (1):
'authorised party', in relation to the adoption of a child, means a person or
agency that, under the law of the State, Territory or foreign country whose
courts have jurisdiction in respect of the adoption, is authorised to conduct
negotiations or arrangements for the adoption of children.".