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wishing:
            (a)    to claim a carer allowance or carer payment, or both, under the Act for the care of an adult; or
            (b)    to continue to be qualified for receiving carer allowance or carer payment, or both, under the Act for the care of an adult.
        (3)    Part 2 of Schedule 1 sets out another questionnaire (the professional questionnaire) about the disability, emotional state, behaviour and special care needs of an adult.
        (4)    The professional questionnaire may only be completed by a treating health professional.

2.2  Testing method
        (1)    The test for assessing a person's disability, emotional state, behaviour and special care needs is the assessment, under this Part, of the answers given in relation to the person in the 2 questionnaires mentioned in section 2.1.
        (2)    The following steps are carried out for the test:
            (a)    the Secretary must be satisfied that a completed professional questionnaire is an accurate reflection of the disability, emotional state, behaviour and special care needs of the person concerned;
            (b)    a score must be calculated:
                 (i)      using the rating method mentioned in section 2.3; and
                 (ii)      on the basis of the answers given in the questionnaire.
        (3)    If the Secretary is not satisfied that the professional questionnaire is an accurate reflection of the person's disability, emotional state, behaviour and special care needs, the Secretary must ask for a replacement professional questionnaire to be completed by another treating health professional.

2.3  Rating method
        (1)    Steps 1 to 5 in Schedule 2 set out the method for rating a person, on the basis of the answers given in each questionnaire completed in relation to the person.
        (2)    The method gives the person a score:
            (a)    in accordance with the scale mentioned in subsection 38C(2) of the Act; and
            (b)    that determines whether the person is a care receiver to which subparagraph 197D(1)(a)(i), paragraph 198(2)(a), subparagraph 198(2)(d)(i), paragraph 954(1)(c) or paragraph 954A(1)(c) of the Act applies.

Schedule 1—Questionnaires
                (section 2.1)

Part 1—Claimant questionnaire

Division A

For each question, the claimant must tick only the response code that best describes how well the person in care usually manages.  Help means any physical assistance, guidance or supervision.  Without help means that the person initiates and completes activities without assistance or supervision.

Does the person in care: