Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2017L01464/Controls/
Timestamp: 2020-07-04 22:27:08
Document Index: 187778651

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 2', 'art 3', 'art 4', 'art 5', 'art 6', 'art 7', 'art 4']

F2017L01464
I, SIMON BIRMINGHAM, Minister for Education and Training, make the following Rules.
Division 2—Interpretative matters 4
5 Determining that an individual is taken to be an Australian resident......................................... 4
6 Reasons for additional absences............................................................................................... 4
7 Child care service payments..................................................................................................... 5
Part 2—Eligibility for child care subsidy and additional child care subsidy 6
Division 1—Circumstances where no one is eligible for a session of care 6
8 Prescribed circumstances where no eligibility for a session of care.......................................... 6
Division 2—When children are at risk of serious abuse or neglect for ACCS (child wellbeing) 10
9 Circumstances in which a child is taken to be at risk of serious abuse or neglect—child at risk of suffering harm 10
10 Circumstances in which a child is taken to be at risk of serious abuse or neglect—child in need of care etc. under State or Territory law................................................................................................................ 10
11 Circumstances in which a child is not taken to be at risk of serious abuse or neglect........... 11
Division 3—Temporary financial hardship 12
12 Circumstances in which an individual is taken to be experiencing temporary financial hardship 12
Division 4—Transition to work 13
13 Additional eligibility requirements for ACCS (transition to work)....................................... 13
14 Additional eligibility requirements for individuals who ceased receiving transition to work payment fewer than 12 weeks ago.................................................................................................................................... 17
15 Transition to work payments................................................................................................ 17
Part 3—Amount of child care subsidy and additional child care subsidy 19
Division 1—Hourly rate of child care subsidy 19
16 Determining hourly rate cap that applies for a session of care.............................................. 19
Division 2—Circumstances for election 20
17 Election of allocation of claimant’s fortnightly entitlement between services attended by the child 20
Division 3—Recognised activities 21
Subdivision A—General 21
18 Application—unlawful purposes.......................................................................................... 21
Subdivision B—Additional activities 21
19 Unpaid work experience....................................................................................................... 21
20 Unpaid work in a family business........................................................................................ 21
21 Voluntary work.................................................................................................................... 22
22 Actively looking for work.................................................................................................... 22
23 Actively setting up a business.............................................................................................. 23
Subdivision C—Associated activities 23
24 Preparing for paid work....................................................................................................... 23
25 Leave from paid work.......................................................................................................... 24
26 Training course—self‑directed study.................................................................................... 24
27 Training course—break in course......................................................................................... 25
28 Approved course of education or study—self‑directed study............................................... 25
29 Approved course of education or study—break in course.................................................... 26
Subdivision D—Hours during which activities are engaged in 26
30 Individual engages in paid work over variable hours........................................................... 26
Division 4—Minister’s rules result 28
31 Scope.................................................................................................................................... 28
32 Individuals with disabilities or impairments......................................................................... 28
33 Individual temporarily outside Australia............................................................................... 28
34 Individual in gaol or psychiatric confinement....................................................................... 28
35 Individual or an individual’s partner is a grandparent or great‑grandparent.......................... 28
36 Individual receiving a carer payment.................................................................................... 28
37 Individual providing constant care........................................................................................ 29
38 Individual receiving a carer allowance.................................................................................. 29
39 Individual receiving a newstart allowance, youth allowance, parenting payment or special benefit 29
40 Child attending early educational program at a centre‑based day care service....................... 30
Part 4—Approval of provider of child care services 31
Division 1—Application for approval 31
41 Cut‑off date for applications for approval under the family assistance law before the commencement day 31
42 Who may apply for approval................................................................................................ 31
Division 2—Provider eligibility rules 32
43 Additional rules for provider eligibility................................................................................ 32
Division 3—Service eligibility rules 33
44 Additional prescribed matters for service eligibility.............................................................. 33
45 Additional criteria for service eligibility rules....................................................................... 33
Division 4—Fit and proper person considerations 35
46 Additional matters to take into account................................................................................. 35
Division 5—Conditions for continued approval 36
47 Provision of care by an FDC educator to relatives............................................................... 36
48 Approved child care services must continue to be operated by approved provider and as the same service type 36
49 Additional conditions for continued approval for child care services to which section 50 applies 36
Division 6—Certain child care services not required to meet State/Territory requirements 39
50 Certain providers not required to meet State/Territory requirements..................................... 39
51 Certain providers not subject to minimum operating period................................................. 39
Division 7— Consequences of breach of conditions for continued approval 40
52 Matters the Secretary must take into account in exercising the power to impose a sanction on an approved provider 40
53 Matters the Secretary must have regard to in specifying the day of effect of a revocation of a suspension 41
Division 8—Backdating of approvals etc. 42
54 Modifications dealing with backdated approval.................................................................... 42
Part 5—Provider requirements 43
Division 1—Requirement to notify Secretary of certain matters 43
55 Matters that must be notified to the Secretary....................................................................... 43
Division 2—Requirements in relation to children of a prescribed class of sessions of care for which there is no eligibility for CCS 48
56 Requirements in relation to care given at FDC services to children of FDC educators......... 48
Part 6—Business continuity payments 49
57 Circumstances in which a business continuity payment may be made.................................. 49
58 Method of determining payment amount.............................................................................. 49
59 Weekly amount where service has previously received a fee reduction amount................... 49
60 Weekly amount where service has not previously received a fee reduction amount............. 50
Part 7—Transitional rules for the Jobs for Families Act 51
Division 1—Preliminary 51
61 Nature of transitional rules................................................................................................... 51
Division 2—Continuity of certain matters 52
62 Continuity of absences......................................................................................................... 52
Division 3—Limitations and other matters 53
63 Limitation on amendments to attendance reports.................................................................. 53
64 Certain operators of existing approved child care services not deemed to be approved providers under the family assistance law............................................................................................................................... 53
65 Special rate of child care benefit for periods prior to commencement day............................ 53
66 Limitations on determinations of temporary financial hardship............................................ 54
67 Debts arising from overpayments made before the commencement day............................... 54
68 Lump sum payments in respect of sessions of care before the commencement day............. 54
Schedule 1—Diagnosed conditions 55
Schedule 2—Diagnosed conditions 58
educator, in relation to a child care service in a State or Territory, means an educator within the meaning of the Education and Care Services National Law.
(c) the Interim Home Based Carer Subsidy Pilot Programme (under item 108 in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB to the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997).
(b) where the care is provided in a domestic living arrangement on residential premises where:
(a) the child resides in an area designated as ‘remote Australia’ or ‘very remote Australia’ in accordance with the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGC) Volume 5 – Remoteness Structure, July 2011 (cat. no. 1270.0.55.005), as published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics; and
(e) where the child is a resident of South Australia at the time the session of care is provided—the child is at risk under the Children’s Protection Act 1993 (SA); or
(b) only to the extent that it is relevant to determining whether a child is taken to be at risk of serious abuse or neglect in accordance with section 9 or 10.
(d) a loss of income of the individual, due to the death of a former partner, where the former partner was providing ongoing financial assistance in relation to the child under child support arrangements (unless entered into privately);
(ii) the individual has, only once, begun studying at a level below a qualification already achieved, where the study will qualify the individual for an occupation listed on the Skills Shortage List maintained by the Department administered by the Minister administering the Fair Work Act 2009 (which could in 2017 be viewed on that Department’s website at https://docs.employment.gov.au/documents/skill‑shortage‑list‑australia), and the study involves progression towards a qualification that the individual has not already studied towards; or
Example: For paragraph (c), an example is reading to children or providing support for other learning or development activities.
(4) The provider must ensure that each of the following checks is carried out for each person who is an FDC educator for an FDC service, and be able to provide a written record of each check upon any request:
Note: For definition of educator, see subsection 5(1) of the Education and Care Services National Law.
(1) For subparagraph 194D(f)(vi) of the Family Assistance Administration Act, the Secretary must have regard to the following matters in relation to each FDC educator who provides, or is to provide, care for the service:
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an FDC educator who is covered by any of the following provisions of the Family Assistance Administration Act:
Note: The criteria described in subsection (1) already apply to an FDC educator mentioned in subsection (2) as matters to be considered in determining whether he or she is a fit and proper person under section 194E of the Family Assistance Administration Act (see paragraphs 194E(1)(f) and (g)), along with additional criteria mentioned in that section.
(iii) covered by section 50 of these Rules (certain providers not required to meet State/Territory requirements); and
(a) the service must be approved as a centre‑based service under the Education and Care Services National Law, or be covered by section 50 of these Rules; and
For section 199F of the Family Assistance Administration Act, a provider is specified in relation to a child care service if:
(a) on 30 June 2018, the provider was in receipt of funding for that service under the Budget Based Funded program administered by the Department; and
(b) the service was not approved for the purposes of the family assistance law.
Note: At the time these Rules were made, paragraph 5(2)(k) of the Education and Care Services National Regulations exempted a service described in this section from being required to comply with the Education and Care Services National Law.
(b) who becomes an FDC educator in relation to any such service.
(a) the name and contact details of the new person; and
(b) a declaration that the provider has undertaken all checks required by section 43 as it applies in relation to the new person, together with details of the new person’s working with children card, if applicable.
Within 7 days after the new person becomes a person with management or control of the provider, or an FDC educator.
(b) an FDC educator in relation to any such service.
Note: A criminal history check is required under section 43 for any person with management or control of the provider, any person with responsibility for the day‑to‑day operation of a service, or an FDC educator in relation to any of the provider’s approved child care services. The checks under that section which may disclose bankruptcy or administration, receivership or liquidation only apply to a person with management or control of the provider other than a person responsible for the day‑to‑day operation of any of the provider’s approved child care services.
estimated number of children in care for the week means the number of children for which the Secretary estimates the service has provided a session of care during a week in which the business continuity payment is to be made, determined by reference to any information held by the Secretary, including (without limitation) information in enrolment notices given under section 200A of the Family Assistance Administration Act.