Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:front:0:p29
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 133586–140950

meet section 1.3.17 (Child 90+ nights) having regard to any of the following.
   a.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The arrangements for the child's contact or residence with the member.
   b.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The member's access to the child.
   c.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The distance and transport between the child's location and the member's location.
   d.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 The nature and extent of the member's Service commitments.
   e.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Other factors that may be relevant to the relationship of the child and the member.

1.3.19 Accompanied resident family — Child absent due to education

   A child is accompanied resident family of a member if all of the following apply.
   a.                                                                                 Any of the following apply.
                                                                                      i.                                                                                                                                              The member has accompanied resident family.
                                                                                      ii.                                                                                                                                             The member does not have a partner who is recognised as resident family and has no accompanied resident family.
   b.                                                                                 The child is absent from the member's home only because they are undertaking full-time primary, secondary or undergraduate tertiary education.

Subdivision 3: Unaccompanied resident family

1.3.19A Member this Subdivision does not apply to

   This subdivision does not apply to a member who meets all of the following.
   a.                                                                           The member's partner is also a member.
   b.                                                                           The member and their partner occupy living-in accommodation at their housing benefit location.

1.3.20 Unaccompanied resident family

1.   A person is unaccompanied resident family of a member if all of the following apply.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                             The person meets the definition of recognised family under section 1.3.1
     b.                                                                                                                                                                             The member has applied for recognition of the person as unaccompanied resident family on the approved form.
     c.                                                                                                                                                                             Subject to subsection 1A, the person meets the criteria for a type of unaccompanied resident family in Subdivision 4: Types of unaccompanied resident family.
1A.  If a person meets all of the following, Subdivision 5: Dual serving members applies and provides who is accompanied resident family and who is unaccompanied resident family.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                             They are part of a dual serving couple.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                             They live in a different housing benefit location to their partner.
2.   A member is eligible for the recognition of the resident family as unaccompanied resident family if all of the following apply.
     a.                                                                                                                                                                             The member's resident family are children.
     b.                                                                                                                                                                             The CDF is satisfied of all of the following.
                                                                                                                                                                                    i.                                                                                                                                                             That there is an appropriate recognised other person to care for the children.
                                                                                                                                                                                    ii.                                                                                                                                                            That the children are being cared for in a home maintained by the member, and that home is in the member's previous housing benefit location.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Note:  To avoid doubt, a member who occupied living-in accommodation in the previous housing benefit location was not maintaining the home.

1.3.21 When resident family cease to be unaccompanied

   Resident family cease to be unaccompanied resident family of a member if any of the following apply.
   a.                                                                                                               The