Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 1157E

Payment to recipient

  (1)   If:

  (a)   a person (the provider ) pays an amount to another person (the recipient ); and

  (b)   the amount is for fees for:

  (i)   tuition at primary or secondary level provided by a school; or

  (ii)   books or equipment provided by the school in relation to that tuition; and

  (c)   the tuition, books or equipment is provided to:

  (i)   a dependent child of the recipient or the recipient's partner; or

  (ii)   a person who would be a dependent child of the recipient or the recipient's partner if the person was not receiving a jobseeker payment or a youth allowance;

the payment constitutes a school fees benefit provided by the provider to the recipient.

Note:   For school see section   10A.

Payment to or on behalf of the school

  (2)   If:

  (a)   a person (the provider ) pays an amount to or on behalf of a school; and

  (b)   the amount is for fees for:

  (i)   tuition at primary or secondary level provided by the school; or

  (ii)   books or equipment provided by the school in relation to that tuition; and

  (c)   the tuition, books or equipment is provided to:

  (i)   a dependent child of a person (the recipient ) or the recipient's partner; or

  (ii)   a person who would be a dependent child of the recipient or the recipient's partner if the person was not receiving a jobseeker payment;

the payment constitutes a school fees benefit provided by the provider to the recipient.

Note:   For school see section   10A.

Boarding fees

  (3)   For the purposes of subsections   (1) and (2), if:

  (a)   a school is providing tuition at primary or secondary level to a dependent child of a person; and

  (b)   the child is boarding at the school;

the fees that are payable for the child to board at the school are taken to be fees for the tuition provided by the school to the child.