Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Coronavirus and Other Measures) Act 2020 (97 of 2020)

Schedule 5   Stillborn baby payment and infant death payment

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999

2   At the end of section 65

Add:

Additional amount

(4) If:

(a) the child who died was an FTB child; and

(b) that child died before turning 1; and

(c) an amount of newborn supplement, in relation to that child, worked out under paragraph 35B(1)(d) of Schedule 1 forms part of the individual's Part A rate for one or more days;

then the additional amount under this subsection is worked out as follows:

Method statement

Step 1. In relation to the days that newborn supplement, in relation to that child, worked out under paragraph 35B(1)(d) of Schedule 1 forms part of the individual's Part A rate, work out the total amount of that newborn supplement for those days.

Step 2. In relation to those days, work out what would have been the total amount of newborn supplement for that child for those days if that newborn supplement had been worked out under paragraph 35B(1)(a) of Schedule 1.

Step 3. The additional amount is the step 2 amount less the step 1 amount.