Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00106:clause:2_5a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00106
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 5A
Character Range: 21054–22211

5A  What constitutes a session of care?
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 9(1) of the Family Assistance Act, this section prescribes what constitutes a session of care for the purposes of that Act.
 (2) A session of care is the minimum period of time in respect of which an approved provider imposes a liability on an individual by charging a fee for providing child care by an approved child care service.
 (3) A session of care:
 (a) may start on one day and end on the next day; and
 (b) may be of any length up to, but not exceeding, 12 hours.
Note: Section 8 of these Rules sets out circumstances in which there is no eligibility for CCS for a session of care, including where during any part of the session, the child is attending school, or engaged in a formal schooling program (including a home schooling or distance education program). As a result, sessions of before and after school care should not be reported to overlap with the child's school hours.
 (4) A session of care that starts on one day (the first day) and ends on the next day is to be treated, for the purposes of the Family Assistance Act, as having occurred on the first day.