A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Child Care Benefit - Individuals who must meet activity requirements) Determination 2006

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) ( Child Care Benefit — Individuals w ho m ust m eet a ctivity r equirements ) Determination 2006 A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 I, MALCOLM THOMAS BROUGH, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, make this Determination under subsection 14 (1 C ) of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 . Dated 26 June 2006 MAL BROUGH Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs 1 Name of Determination This Determination is the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Child Care Benefit — Individuals who must meet activity requirements) Determination 2006 . 2 Commencement This Determination commences on 3 July 2006 . 3 Interpretation (1) In this Determination: Act means the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 . annual leave means paid leave from an individual’s employment: (a) for recreation; and (b) for up to and including 25 days in a calendar year, whether or not the leave is taken as a continuous period. doctor’s certificate means a certificate signed by a medical practitioner. leave on account of illness means leave from an individual’s employment because the individual is ill or injured. parental leave : (a) means leave from an individual’s employment: ( i ) for the birth of a child to the individual, or the individual’s partner; or ( ii ) for the adoption of a child by the individual, or the individual’s partner ; and (b) includes : (i) leave taken in preparation for the birth or adoption ; and (ii) leave taken after the birth or adoption to care for the child. (2) An expression used in this Determination that is also used in the Act or the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 has the same meaning in this Determination as it has in the Act or the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 . 4 Classes of i ndividuals who must meet activity requirements For subsection 14 (1 C ) of the Act, the classes of individuals specified in Schedule 1 must meet the activity requirements under section 17A of the Act. Schedule 1 Classes of i ndividuals who must meet activity requirements (section 4 ) 1. I ndiv i dual s who are actively setting up a business that has not yet started to operate . 2. I ndividual s who are unemployed and are able to show that they are actively looking for work . 3. Individuals who are undertaking unpaid voluntary work that provides work experience that gives or increases skills which could normally be expected to enhance a person’s prospects of obtaining paid employment. 4. I ndividua ls who are on parental leave in relation to a child, except if the period of parental leave already taken by them , together with any period of parental leave taken by the ir partner, in relation to that child, exceeds a total of 12 months . 5. In dividual s who are on annual leave . 6. I ndividual s who are on leave on account of illness, except if the leave on account of illness already taken by them in relation to the particular illness or injury exceeds a total of 2 years. 7. I ndividual s who are on long service leave. 8. I ndividual s who are on paid leave (other than leave mentioned in items 4 to 7 ) granted under the terms and conditions of their employment. 9. Self ‑ employed individuals who are not working because: (a) they are ill or injured and have obtained a doctor’s certificate stating that they are unable to work because of the illness or injury; or (b) they are taking leave that, if they were paid employees, would be of a kind described as annual leave, long service leave or parental leave.