Child Care Benefit (Allocation of Child Care Places) Amendment Determination 2006 (No. 1) (Cth)

Child Care Benefit (Allocation of Child Care Places) Amendment Determination 2006 (No. 1)

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

I, MALCOLM THOMAS BROUGH, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, make this Determination under section 206 of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999.

Dated 26 June 2006

MAL BROUGH

Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Child Care Benefit (Allocation of Child Care Places) Amendment Determination 2006 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on 1 July 2006.

1. Amendment of Child Care Benefit (Allocation of Child Care Places) Determination 2000

Schedule 1 amends the Child Care Benefit (Allocation of Child Care Places) Determination 2000.

Schedule 1        Amendments

(section 3)

[1]           Subsection 3 (1), definitions of approved child care service, child care place, JET child care place and JET Program

substitute

child care place means:

(a)    in relation to an approved in-home care service, 1 full-time place of 35 hours per week which may be occupied by 1 child or by 2 or more children attending on a part-time basis; and

(b)    in relation to an approved occasional care service, 1 full-time place of 40 hours per week which may be occupied by 1 child or by 2 or more children attending on a part-time basis.

[2]           After section 3

insert

3A           Application

This determination applies in relation to the allocation of child care places to an approved child care service that is an approved in-home care service or an approved occasional care service.

[3]           Paragraph 7 (1) (b)

substitute

(b)    the number of child care places of each kind (approved in-home care services and approved occasional care services) that may be allocated in each of those areas.

[4]           Subsection 7 (2)

substitute

(2)   A determination under subsection (1) may divide the number of child care places determined by the Secretary for a particular area into numbers of places that may be allocated in respect of children in particular age groups.

[5]           Paragraph 7 (4) (a)

substitute

(a)    the number and kind of child care places (if any) determined under subsection (1) that may be allocated in the area in which the service operates, including any division of that number mentioned in subsection (2); and

[6]           Subsections 7 (4A) and (4B)

omit

[7]           Subsections 8 (3) and (4)

omit

[8]           After Part 2

insert

Part 3                 Transitional — applications made, but not determined, before 1 July 2006

1. Initial allocations

An initial allocation of child care places under subsection 207 (1) of the Act to an approved child care service, the application for the approval of which was made, but not determined, before 1 July 2006, must be made in accordance with this determination as in force on 1 July 2006.

1. Additional allocations

A decision under subsection 207 (4) of the Act in relation to an application for an additional allocation of child care places under subsection 207 (2) of the Act that was made, but not determined, before 1 July 2006, must be made in accordance with this determination as in force on 1 July 2006.