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

137   Subsections 109B(2), (2A) and (2B)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

Notice of decisions relating to CCS or ACCS

(2) If a review decision is a decision to affirm, vary or substitute a child care decision in relation to section 67CC that an individual is or is not eligible for CCS for a child by fee reduction, the decision reviewer:

(a) must give written notice of the review decision to the individual; and

(b) may give written notice of the review decision to the provider of any approved child care service at which the child has been enrolled since the determination under section 67CC first took effect.

(2A) If a review decision is a decision to affirm, vary or substitute a child care decision in relation to section 67CD (entitlement to be paid CCS or ACCS) for an individual in relation to sessions of care, the decision reviewer:

(a) must give written notice of the review decision to the individual; and

(b) if the review decision is a fee reduction decision - must give written notice of the decision and the fee reduction amount for the decision to the provider of the approved child care service that provided the sessions of care; and

(c) if the review decision is not a fee reduction decision - may give written notice of the decision to the provider of the approved child care service that provided the sessions of care.

(2B) If the review decision is a fee reduction decision, and the Secretary has decided to pay the fee reduction amount directly to the individual under subsection 67EC(2), a notice under subsection (2A) of this section must include a statement to that effect.

(2C) A notice under subsection (2) or (2A) may be given to a provider by making the notice available to the provider using an electronic interface.