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

Schedule 4   Dealing with serious non-compliance

Part 1   Arrangements to comply with family assistance law

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

4   Application of amendments

Application for approval of a provider

(1) The amendments of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 made by this Part apply in relation to an application for approval of a provider under Division 1 of Part 8 of that Act if the application:

(a) is made on or after the commencement of this item; or

(b) was made before the commencement of this item but had not been determined before that commencement.

Application for variation of a provider's approval to add a service

(2) The amendments of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 made by this Part apply in relation to an application by an approved provider under subsection 196A(1) of that Act for a variation of the provider's approval to add a child care service to the approval if the application:

(a) is made on or after the commencement of this item; or

(b) was made before the commencement of this item but had not been determined before that commencement.

Continued satisfaction of eligibility rules

(3) For the purposes of applying subsection 195A(1) of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 on or after the commencement of this item in relation to an approved provider that was approved under Division 1 of Part 8 of that Act before that commencement, or an approved child care service of the approved provider in respect of which the provider was approved under that Division before that commencement:

(a) the reference in paragraph 195A(1)(a) of that Act to the provider eligibility rules in section 194C of that Act is a reference to the rules in that section as amended by this Part; and

(b) the reference in paragraph 195A(1)(b) of that Act to the service eligibility rules in section 194D of that Act is a reference to the rules in that section as amended by this Part.

(4) Subitem (3) is enacted for the avoidance of doubt and is not intended to limit the operation of subsection 195A(1) of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 apart from that subitem.