Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 953

Single child

  (1)   A person is qualified for carer allowance for a disabled child (the care receiver ) if:

  (a)   the care receiver is a dependent child (disregarding subsection   5(3)) of the person; and

  (b)   the care receiver is an Australian resident; and

  (d)   because of the disability from which the care receiver is suffering, the care receiver receives care and attention on a daily basis from:

  (i)   if the person is a member of a couple--the person, the person's partner or the person together with another person (whether or not the person's partner); or

  (ii)   if the person is not a member of a couple--the person or the person together with another person;

    in a private home that is the residence of the person and the care receiver; and

  (e)   either of the following applies:

  (i)   the disability from which the care receiver is suffering is declared, under subsection   38E(3), to be a recognised disability for the purposes of this section;

  (ii)   the person has been given a qualifying rating of intense under the Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) Determination for caring for the care receiver; and

  (f)   the person is an Australian resident; and

  (g)   the person satisfies the carer allowance income test under section   957A.

2 children

  (2)   A person is qualified for carer allowance for 2 disabled children (the care receivers ) if:

  (a)   each care receiver is a dependent child (disregarding subsection   5(3)) of the person; and

  (b)   each care receiver is an Australian resident; and

  (d)   because of the disability from which each care receiver is suffering, each care receiver receives care and attention on a daily basis from:

  (i)   if the person is a member of a couple--the person, the person's partner or the person together with another person (whether or not the person's partner); or

  (ii)   if the person is not a member of a couple--the person or the person together with another person;

    in a private home that is the residence of the person and each care receiver; and

  (e)   the person has been given a qualifying rating of intense under the Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) Determination for caring for the care receivers; and

  (f)   the person is an Australian resident; and

  (g)   the person satisfies the carer allowance income test under section   957A.

Note 1:   For Australian resident see section   7.

Note 2:   For qualification for carer allowance in circumstances of hospitalisation, see section   955.

Note 4:   For the effect of temporary cessation of care and attention on carer allowance, see section   957.

Note 5:   For the effect of 2 people being qualified for carer allowance, see sections   964 and 965.