Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03539:body:0:p26
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A03539
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 62521–65007

85, subsection 82 (6) and paragraph 89 (1) (b), be payable to a person in respect of a child;
    (b) the child is a disabled child; and
    (c) the person provides, in a private home that is the residence of the person and the child, care and attention for the child on a daily basis;
the person is qualified to receive an allowance, to be known as a child disability allowance, in respect of the child.

Temporary absences from home
"103. (1) A person does not cease to be qualified to receive an allowance in respect of a child only because the child is or has been absent from the child's home for a period not exceeding 28 days, or for periods which in the aggregate do not exceed 28 days, during any calendar year.
"(2) Where:
    (a) a person is qualified to receive an allowance in respect of a child;
    (b) the child is or has been absent from the child's home for a period of more than 28 days, or for periods which in the aggregate exceed 28 days, during any calendar year; and
    (c) the absence is or was temporary;
the Secretary may decide that the person does not cease to be qualified to receive that allowance, or does not cease to be so qualified during a period determined by the Secretary.

"(3) Where:
    (a) a person is qualified to receive an allowance in respect of a child; and
    (b) the child is, or is likely to be, absent from the child's home during normal school days for the purpose of receiving education, training or treatment;
the person does not cease to be qualified to receive that allowance but an allowance is not payable to the person in respect of those days.

Rate of allowance
"104. (1) The rate of an allowance is $112 per month.
"(2) Where it is necessary to calculate the daily rate of an allowance, that daily rate shall be calculated by multiplying the rate specified in subsection (1) by 12 and dividing the product by 365.
"(3) The daily rate of an allowance calculated under subsection (2) shall, if that rate includes a fraction of a cent, be increased or decreased to the nearest whole cent or, if that rate includes one half of one cent, be increased by one half of one cent.

Day from which allowance payable
"105. (1) Where an allowance is granted to a person, the allowance is payable:
    (a) if the person was qualified to receive an allowance on a day (including a day before the commencement of this subsection) before the first day of the family allowance period during which the claim was lodged—from the commencement