In the latter case, the account must be maintained by the parent, or jointly with another person.
Joint accounts held in the names of the parent and young person are acceptable.
Where a young person or the parent leaves Australia temporarily, eg a full-time student travels overseas in the vacation period, payment cannot be directed to a bank account held overseas. Young people under the age of 18 who receive fortnightly payments of YA, have the option of receiving weekly payments to help them budget. The main carer is the parent whose circumstances are assessed under the parental means test. Independent in this instance, is only imputed so the YA payment is paid directly to the young Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. If the young person disputes payment of YA to their parent or there is a disagreement over the account YA is to be paid into, it may be necessary to refer the parties to a social worker.