A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

Schedules

Schedule 2 - Amounts of child care subsidy and additional child care subsidy

Note: See Division 6 of Part 4A .

Part 5 - Activity test

[ CCH Note: Sch 2 Pt 5 heading will be substituted by No 12 of 2025, s 3 and Sch 1 item 30, effective 1 January 2026. For application, saving and transitional provisions, see note under the definition of 3 day guarantee . The heading will read:

Part 5 - Subsidised hours

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Division 1 - Individual ' s activity test result

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[ CCH Note: Sch 2 Pt 5 Div 1 heading will be substituted by No 12 of 2025, s 3 and Sch 1 item 31, effective 1 January 2026. For application, saving and transitional provisions, see note under the definition of 3 day guarantee . The heading will read:

Division 1 - Individual ' s subsidised hours

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15A Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child result

(1)

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The Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child result is 36.

[ CCH Note: Sch 2 cl 15A(1) will be amended by No 12 of 2025, s 3 and Sch 1 item 50, by substituting " 100 " for " 36 " , effective 1 January 2026. For application, saving and transitional provisions, see note under the definition of 3 day guarantee .]

(2)
The Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child result applies to an individual for a CCS fortnight, in relation to a child, if:

(a) the individual is eligible for CCS for a session of care provided to the child in the CCS fortnight; and

(b) the child is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child ; and

(c) the Secretary has been notified, in a manner approved by the Secretary, that the child is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child .

Meaning of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child

(3)
A child is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child if:

(a) all of the following apply:

(i) the child is of Aboriginal descent or of Torres Strait Islander descent (or both);

(ii) the child identifies as a person of that descent;

(iii) the child is accepted by the community in which the child lives as being of that descent; or

(b) the child is biologically related to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person; or

(c) the child is a member of a class prescribed by the Minister ' s rules.

Meaning of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person

(4)
A person is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person if:

(a) the person is of Aboriginal descent or of Torres Strait Islander descent (or both); and

(b) the person identifies as a person of that descent; and

(c) the person is accepted by the community in which the person lives as being of that descent.

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