1 At the end of section 16
Add:
(3) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine that individuals included in a specified class are individuals who are taken to have recognised training commitments for the purposes of this section.
2 At the end of section 17
Add:
(3) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine that individuals included in a specified class are individuals who are taken to have recognised study commitments for the purposes of this section.
3 After paragraph 43(1)(b)
Insert:
(ba) the care is not provided as part of the compulsory education program in the State or Territory where the care is provided; and
4 After paragraph 44(1)(b)
Insert:
(ba) the care is not provided as part of the compulsory education program in the State or Territory where the care is provided; and
5 Subsection 57(1)
Omit "Minister" (wherever occurring), substitute "Secretary".
Note: The heading to section 57 is altered by omitting " Minister's " and substituting " Secretary's ".
6 Subsections 57(3) and (4)
Omit "Minister", substitute "Secretary".
7 Paragraph 57B(c)
Omit "Minister's", substitute "Secretary's".
8 Paragraph 57C(c)
Omit "Minister", substitute "Secretary".
9 Saving of determinations under sections 57 and 57B
(1) A determination in force under section 57 of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 just before the commencement of the amendments of that section by this Schedule continues in force despite those amendments as if it had been made by the Secretary on that commencement.
(2) A determination in force under paragraph 57B(c) of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 just before the commencement of the amendment of that paragraph by this Schedule continues to apply after that commencement in relation to the Secretary's determinations under section 57 in the same way as it applied to the Minister's determinations under that section before that commencement.
(3) This item does not prevent the variation or revocation of a determination.
10 Section 84
Repeal the section, substitute:
84 Weekly limit on child care benefit for care provided by a registered carer
The total amount of child care benefit for care provided to a child by a registered carer or carers in a week is not to exceed the lesser of the following:
(a) the amount worked out as follows:
(b) the amount paid for the care.