Family Tax Benefit (Meeting the Health Check Requirement) Determination 2018 (Cth)

Family Tax Benefit (Meeting the Health Check Requirement) Determination 2018

I, Dan Tehan, Minister for Social Services, make the following instrument.

Dated 22 June 2018

Dan Tehan Minister for Social Services

Contents 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions 5 Specified period 6 Health check requirement 7 Required examinations and assessments for overseas health checks 8 Classes of children taken to meet the health check requirement

1 Name This instrument is the Family Tax Benefit (Meeting the Health Check Requirement) Determination 2018.

2 Commencement This instrument commences on 1 July 2018.

3 Authority This instrument is made under paragraphs 61A(9)(a) and (c) of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999.

4 Definitions In this instrument: Act means the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999. Social Security Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

5 Specified period For the purposes of section 6 and paragraph 8(c), the specified period is the period that commences on the day the child turns 3 and ends on the day before the child turns 5 or, if the Secretary has determined a later day under subsection 61A(5) of the Act, that later day.

6 Health check requirement The health check requirement for a child is that the child meets one of the following requirements: (a) the child has undergone, within the specified period, an age appropriate health check provided under a State or Territory program and conducted by a suitably qualified health professional; (b) the child has undergone, within the specified period, a health check that: (i) took place in another country; and (ii) was conducted by a suitably qualified health professional; and (iii) included the required assessments and examinations set out in section 7.