Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Cheaper Child Care) Act 2022 (66 of 2022)

Schedule 6   Discount on fee for session of care in prescribed circumstances

Part 1   Main amendments

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

5   Subsection 201C(1B)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(1B) The approved provider of a child care service must not charge an individual to whom, or to whose partner, a permissible staff discount is allowed for a week under subsection 201BA(1), an hourly session fee for a session of care provided by the service that exceeds the hourly session fee that:

(a) the provider would ordinarily charge an individual to whom a permissible staff discount is not allowed under subsection 201BA(1) for the week; or

(b) if the provider has, under subsection 201BB(1), allowed the individual, or the individual's partner, a discount in relation to the session of care - the provider charged immediately before the beginning of the period prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 201BB(1)(b).

(1C) If:

(a) an individual is eligible for CCS for a session of care provided by a child care service to a child; and

(b) the approved provider of the service has, under subsection 201BB(1), allowed the individual, or the individual's partner, a discount in relation to the session of care;

the provider must not charge the individual, for the session of care, an hourly session fee that exceeds the hourly session fee that the provider charged immediately before the beginning of the period prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 201BB(1)(b).