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Social Security (Administration) (Exempt Welfare Payment Recipients — Principal Carers of a Child) (Specified Activities) Instrument 2015
Social Security (Administration) Act 1999

I, CHRISTIAN PORTER, Minister for Social Services, acting under subsections 123UGD(2) and (3) of the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, make this Instrument.

Dated:  11 December 2015

C. PORTER

Minister for Social Services

    1               Name of Instrument

    This Instrument is the Social Security (Administration) (Exempt Welfare Payment Recipients — Principal Carers of a Child) (Specified Activities) Instrument 2015.

    2               Commencement

    This Instrument commences upon registration.

    3               Revocation of previous instrument

    The Social Security (Administration) (Exempt Welfare Payment Recipients — Persons with Dependent Children) (Specified Activities) Determination 2010 is revoked.

    4               Interpretation

    (1)         In this Instrument:

    Act means the Social Security (Administration) Act 1999.
    approved care service means:
       (a)        an approved centre based long day care service; and
       (b)        an approved family day care service; and
       (c)        an approved in-home care service; and
       (d)        an approved occasional care service.
    child means a child for whom the person is the principal carer.
    Family Assistance Act means the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999.
    Family Assistance Administration Act means the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999.
    pre-school includes kindergarten.
    program of regular health and development assessments means, in relation to a child of a particular age, a series of health and development assessments that are provided to that child:
    (a) by one or more treating health professionals; and
       (b)         in accordance with the schedule of health and development assessments for a child of that age, as set out in the record published by the Northern Territory Government and known as the Personal Health and Immunisation Record.
    severe disability or severe medical condition has the same meaning as in Part 2.5 of the Social Security Act.
    school age means that age at which a child is required, under a law of a State or Territory:
       (a)         to be enrolled at a school; or
       (b)         to attend a school at times required under that law.
    Social Security Act means the Social Security Act 1991.
    terminal condition has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act.
    treating health professional has the meaning given by subsection 197(1) of the Social Security Act.
 treatment includes care.
    Note 1   The list of persons determined under section 38F of the Social Security Act to be treating health professionals was set out in the Social Security (Treating Health Professionals) Determination 2010.
    Note 2   For school age child, see section 123UGG of the Act.
    Note 3   The following terms are defined in subsection 3(1) of the Family Assistance Administration Act and, in this Instrument, have the meaning given by that subsection:
            *   approved centre