Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00106:clause:2_54b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00106
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 54B
Character Range: 158744–160216

54B  Prescribed circumstances discount for sessions of care provided during periods of emergency or by States or Territories
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 201BB(1) of the Family Assistance Administration Act, a provider may allow an individual, or the individual's partner, a prescribed circumstances discount if:
 (a) the session of care was provided on or after 1 January 2023; and
 (b) the session of care was provided during a period of emergency; and
 (c) the child did not attend any part of the session of care:
 (i) as a direct result of the emergency; or
 (ii) because the service, or part of the service, that provided the session of care is closed as a direct result of the emergency.
 (2) For the purposes of subsection 201BB(1) of the Family Assistance Administration Act, a provider may allow an individual, or the individual's partner, a prescribed circumstances discount if:
 (a) the session of care is provided on a day between 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025; and
 (b) the session of care was provided by a centre-based day care service in a preschool program offered by that service; and
 (c) the program is aimed at children in the years that are 2 years or 3 years before grade 1 of school; and
 (d) the provider of the service is a State or Territory, or an authority of a State or Territory.
 (3) In this section, preschool program has the meaning given in subsection 16A(4).

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