Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:953:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 953 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 1122202–1124901

953  Qualification for carer allowance—caring for either 1 or 2 disabled children

Single child
 (1) A person is qualified for carer allowance for a disabled child (the care receiver) if:
 (a) the care receiver is a dependent child (disregarding subsection 5(3)) of the person; and
 (b) the care receiver is an Australian resident; and
 (d) because of the disability from which the care receiver is suffering, the care receiver receives care and attention on a daily basis from:
 (i) if the person is a member of a couple—the person, the person's partner or the person together with another person (whether or not the person's partner); or
 (ii) if the person is not a member of a couple—the person or the person together with another person;
  in a private home that is the residence of the person and the care receiver; and
 (e) either of the following applies:
 (i) the disability from which the care receiver is suffering is declared, under subsection 38E(3), to be a recognised disability for the purposes of this section;
 (ii) the person has been given a qualifying rating of intense under the Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) Determination for caring for the care receiver; and
 (f) the person is an Australian resident; and
 (g) the person satisfies the carer allowance income test under section 957A.

2 children
 (2) A person is qualified for carer allowance for 2 disabled children (the care receivers) if:
 (a) each care receiver is a dependent child (disregarding subsection 5(3)) of the person; and
 (b) each care receiver is an Australian resident; and
 (d) because of the disability from which each care receiver is suffering, each care receiver receives care and attention on a daily basis from:
 (i) if the person is a member of a couple—the person, the person's partner or the person together with another person (whether or not the person's partner); or
 (ii) if the person is not a member of a couple—the person or the person together with another person;
  in a private home that is the residence of the person and each care receiver; and
 (e) the person has been given a qualifying rating of intense under the Disability Care Load Assessment (Child) Determination for caring for the care receivers; and
 (f) the person is an Australian resident; and
 (g) the person satisfies the carer allowance income test under section 957A.
Note 1: For Australian resident see section 7.
Note 2: For qualification for carer allowance in circumstances of hospitalisation, see section 955.
Note 4: For the effect of temporary cessation of care and attention on carer allowance, see section 957.
Note 5: For the effect of 2 people being qualified for carer allowance, see sections 964