Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020C00834:front:0:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020C00834
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Character Range: 2942–6410

disabled children

        Schedule 1—Questionnaires

        Part 1  Assessment of care load questionnaire

        Part 2  Professional questionnaire

        Schedule 2—Rating Methods

        Part 1 Scoring for ACL questionnaire

        Part 2 Scoring for professional questionnaire

        Schedule 3—List of Recognised Disabilities

        Part 1 Recognised Disabilities

        Part 2 Medical Conditions

        Schedule 4—Repeals
     Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) Determination 2010
     Social Security (Treating Health Professionals) Determination 2010

     Endnotes 66
          Endnote 1—About the endnotes 66
          Endnote 2—Abbreviation key 67
          Endnote 3—Legislation history 68
          Endnote 4—Amendment history 69

       Part 1—Preliminary

       1  Name

         This instrument is the Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) Determination 2020.

       2  Commencement

        (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1                          Column 2                                      Column 3
Provisions                        Commencement                                  Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument  The day after this instrument is registered.

            Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

        (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

       3  Authority

         This instrument is made under sections 38E and 38F of the Social Security Act 1991.

       4  Definitions

         In this instrument:

       ACL means assessment of care load, as determined under the ACL questionnaire.

       ACL questionnaire means the assessment of care load questionnaire contained in Part 1 of Schedule 1.

       Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

       child means a person aged under 16.

       contributing ACL means a score from an ACL questionnaire which contributes to a rating of intense.

       contributing professional questionnaire means a score from a professional questionnaire which contributes to a rating of intense.

       domain means a particular category of questions in the ACL questionnaire or the professional questionnaire.

       professional questionnaire means the questionnaire contained in Part 2 of Schedule 1.

       qualifying rating means a rating mentioned in section 10 of this instrument that must be achieved by a person for that person to be qualified to receive:
           (a) a carer payment under the Act for the care of a child; or
           (b) a carer allowance under the Act for the care of a disabled child.

       treating health professional has the meaning set out in section 8.

            Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
               (a) disabled child;
               (b) lower ADAT score adult;
               (c) officer;
               (d) Secretary; and
               (e)  Adult Disability Assessment Tool.

       5  Repeals