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by dividing the amount of the annual rate of the allowance by 26.

"(2) If an amount that is payable to a person on a home child care allowance payday is not a multiple of 10 cents, the amount is, subject to subsection (3), to be increased or decreased to the nearest multiple of 10 cents.

"(3) If the amount that is payable to a person on a home child care allowance payday is not a multiple of 10 cents but is a multiple of 5 cents, the amount is to be increased by 5 cents.

"(4) If, apart from this subsection, the amount of an instalment of home child care allowance would be less than $1.00, the amount of the instalment is to be increased to $1.00.

Note: For 'home child care allowance payday' see subsection 23(1).

Instalments to be paid to person or nominee

"934.(1) Subject to subsection (3), instalments of a person's home child care allowance are to be paid to that person.

"(2) The Secretary may direct that the whole or a part of the instalments are to be paid to someone else on behalf of the person.

"(3) If the Secretary makes a direction under subsection (2), the instalments are to be paid in accordance with the direction.

Payment into bank account etc.

"935.(1) An amount that is to be paid to a person under section 934 is to be paid in the manner set out in this section.

"(2) Subject to subsections (4) and (7), the amount is to be paid to the credit of a bank account, credit union account or building society account nominated and maintained by the person.

"(3) The account may be an account that is maintained by the person either alone or jointly or in common with another person.

"(4) If the person has not nominated an account for the purposes of subsection (2), then, subject to subsections (5) and (6), the amount is not to be paid.

  "(5) If:

  (a) an amount has not been paid because of subsection (4); and

  (b) the person nominates an account for the purposes of subsection (2);

the amount is to be paid into that account.

"(6) The Secretary may direct that the whole or a part of the amount be paid to the person in a different way to that provided for by subsection (2).

"(7) If the Secretary makes a direction under subsection (6), the home child care allowance is to be paid in accordance with the direction.

Where home child care allowance payday would fall on public holiday etc.

"936. If the Secretary is satisfied that an amount of home child care allowance that would normally be paid on