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for that ACL questionnaire is 20 or more.

       15  Carer of 1 or more children with a disability or medical condition and a lower ADAT score adult

        (1) This section applies if a person is caring for 1 or more children with a disability or medical condition and a lower ADAT score adult.

        (2) If this section applies to a person:
           (a) professional questionnaire must be completed for each child; and
           (b) the person must complete an ACL questionnaire for each child.

        (3) For the purposes of paragraph 197D(1)(b) of the Act, a qualifying rating of intense is achieved if:
           (a) the total combined score for the contributing ACL questionnaires is 85 or more; and
           (b) the score on the contributing professional questionnaire for each child is greater than 0.

        (4) For subsection (3), the adult is taken to contribute 40 to the total combined score for the contributing ACL questionnaires.

        (5) No more than 2 contributing ACL questionnaires and 2 contributing professional questionnaires can be used to contribute to a qualifying rating.

        (6) For subsection (3), an ACL questionnaire is a contributing ACL questionnaire only if the total score for that ACL questionnaire is 20 or more.

       Part 3—Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) (Carer Allowance)

       16  Carer of a single disabled child

        (1) If a person is caring for a disabled child:
           (a) a professional questionnaire must be completed for the child; and
           (b) the person must complete an ACL questionnaire for the child.

        (2) For the purposes of subparagraph 953(1)(e)(ii) of the Act, the person achieves a qualifying rating of intense if:
           (a) the total score for the ACL questionnaire is 85 or more; and
           (b) the score on the professional questionnaire is greater than 0.

       17  Carer of 2 disabled children

        (1) If a person is caring for 2 disabled children:
           (a) 1 professional questionnaire must be completed for each child; and
           (b) the person must complete an ACL questionnaire for each child.

        (2) No more than 2 contributing ACL questionnaires and 2 contributing professional questionnaires can be used to contribute to a qualifying rating.

        (3) For the purposes of paragraph 953(2)(e) of the Act, the person achieves a qualifying rating of intense if:
           (a) the total score from combining the contributing ACL questionnaires is 85 or more; and
           (b) the contributing professional questionnaire for each child has a score of greater than 0.

        (4) For subsection (3), an ACL questionnaire is a contributing ACL questionnaire only if the total score for that ACL questionnaire is 20 or more.

       Schedule 1—Questionnaires

             (Section 9)

       Part 1  Assessment of care load questionnaire

    Domain A – Behaviour 1

         For each question, the claimant must tick only the response code that