Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Jobs for Families Child Care Package) Act 2017 (22 of 2017)

Schedule 1   Main amendments

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999

85   Section 4A

Repeal the section, substitute:

4A Large centre-based day care providers

(1) A provider is a large centre-based day care provider , for a financial year, if, at any time in the financial year:

(a) the provider operates 25 or more approved child care services that are centre-based day care services; or

(b) the provider is one of 2 or more related providers who together operate 25 or more approved child care services that are centre-based day care services; or

(c) the provider proposes to operate, or is one of 2 or more related providers who propose to together operate, 25 or more approved child care services that are centre-based day care services.

(2) The Minister's rules may prescribe a number other than 25 for the purposes of paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (c). If the Minister's rules do so, those paragraphs are taken to refer to the prescribed number.

(3) The providers in a group of 2 or more providers are related providers for a financial year for the purposes of subsection (1) if, at any time during the financial year, each provider in the group is related to at least one other provider in the group in any of the following ways:

(a) the providers have in common 25% or more of the persons who are concerned in, or take part in, their management;

(b) one provider owns 15% or more of the other provider;

(c) one provider is entitled to receive 15% or more of any dividends paid by the other provider.