Family Assistance Legislation and Consolidated Disallowable Instruments
The legislation used as the basis for family assistance, including the approval of child care services, the payment of Child Care Benefit, the payment of Maternity Immunisation Allowance and other matters relating to family assistance are:
- Child Care Act 1972 (relevant to Capital Funding only);
- Family Assistance Act 1999;
- Family Assistance (Administration) Act 1999; and
- Schedules 5 and 6 of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance and Related Measures) Act 2000.
Consolidated Disallowable Instruments
The following Consolidated Disallowable Instruments are relevant to the administration of the family assistance law.
| A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) (Penalty Interest) Determination 2001 | PDF [188kb] | RTF [94kb] |
| Child Care Benefit (Absence From Care-Permitted Circumstances) Determination 2000 | PDF [200kb] | RTF [137kb] |
| Child Care Benefit (Allocation of Child Care Places) Determination 2000 | PDF [222kb] | RTF [209kb] |
| Child Care Benefit (Australian Resident) Guidelines 2000 | PDF [181kb] | RTF [112kb] |
| Child Care Benefit (Breach of Conditions of Approval) Determination 2000 | PDF [215kb] | RTF [146kb] |
| Child Care Benefit (Eligibility of Child Care Services for Approval and Continued Approval) Determination 2000 | PDF [399kb] | RTF [344kb] |
| Child Care Benefit (Eligible Hours of Care) Determination 2000 | PDF [197kb] | RTF [189kb] |
| Child Care Benefit (Hours of Eligibility Rules) Determination 2000 | PDF [214kb] | RTF [220kb] |
| Child Care Benefit (Rates and Hardship) Determination 2000 | PDF [218kb] | RTF [166kb] |
| Child Care Benefit (Receipts) Rules 2000 | PDF [188kb] | RTF [136kb] |
| Child Care Benefit (Recognised Work or Work Related Commitments) Determination 2000 | PDF [215kb] | RTF [143kb] |
| Child Care Benefit (Record Keeping) Rules 2000 | PDF [193kb] | RTF [131kb] |
| Child Care Benefit (Session of Care) Determination 2000 | PDF [202kb] | RTF [175kb] |
| Child Care Benefit (Specified Qualifications for Registered Carers) Determination 2000 | PDF [182kb] | RTF [126kb] |
| Child Care Benefit (Work/Training/Study Test Exemption) Determination 2000 | PDF [187kb] | RTF [123kb] |
| GST Free Supply (In-Home Care) Determination 2001 | PDF [187kb] | RTF [210kb] |
| GST Free Supply (Long Day Care) Determination 2002 | PDF [147kb] | RTF [173kb] |
| Family Assistance (Exemption from Immunisation Requirements) Determination 2003 | PDF [125kb] | RTF [102kb] |
| Family Assistance (Meeting the Immunisation Requirements) Determination 2003 | PDF [116kb] | RTF [60kb] |
| Family Assistance (Present Value of Unpaid Amount - Interest Rate) Determination 2000 | PDF [175kb] | RTF [122kb] |
| Family Assistance (Vaccination Schedules) Determination 2003 | PDF [181kb] | RTF [135kb] |