Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00583:section:10:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00583
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 66497–68978

have provided a session of care to the child under subsection (2) as a result of subparagraph (2)(c)(ii) in relation to that event or circumstance.
 (2A) The Minister's rules may prescribe circumstances in which subparagraph (2)(b)(ii) or (iii) does not apply.

More than the number of allowable absences
 (3) A child care service is taken to have provided a session of care to a child on a day in a financial year if:
 (a) the service is not taken to have provided the session of care to the child on the day under subsection (2); and
 (b) had the child attended the session of care, one or more of the hours in the session would have been taken into account in accordance with paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 2; and
 (c) the day is:
 (i) a day on which the child is enrolled for care by the service; and
 (ii) after the day the child first attended a session of care provided by the service; and
 (iii) not after the last day the child attended a session of care provided by the service before the child ceased to be enrolled for care by the service; and
 (iv) not a day prescribed by the Minister's rules; and
 (d) the absence is for a reason specified in subsection (4); and
 (e) if the absence is for an illness referred to in paragraph (4)(a) or (b)—the service has been given a certificate that was issued by a medical practitioner in relation to the illness.
Note: Ceases to be enrolled is defined in section 200B of the Family Assistance Administration Act.
 (3A) The Minister's rules may prescribe circumstances in which subparagraph (3)(c)(ii) or (iii) or paragraph (3)(e) does not apply.
 (4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(d), the reasons are the following:
 (a) the child is ill;
 (b) any of the following persons is ill:
 (i) the individual in whose care the child is;
 (ii) the partner of the individual in whose care the child is;
 (iii) an individual with whom the child lives;
 (c) the child is attending preschool;
 (d) alternative care arrangements have been made for the child on a pupil‑free day;
 (e) a reason prescribed by the Minister's rules.
 (5) A child care service is taken to have provided a session of care to a child on a day in a financial year if:
 (a) the service is not taken to have provided the session of care to the child on the day under subsection (2) or (3) only because the day is:
 (i) before the day the child first attended a session of care provided by the service; or
 (ii) after the last day the child attended a session of care