A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Child Care Benefit - Activities counting towards activity requirements) Determination 2006

A New Tax System (Family Assistance) ( Child Care Benefit — Activities c ounting t owards 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 1 7A ( 2 ) 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 — Activities counting towards 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 Activities that count towards meeting activity requirements For subsection 1 7A ( 2 ) of the Act, the activities specified in Schedule 1 are activities that count towards meeting the activity requirements for an individual under section 17A of the Act. Schedule 1 Activities that count towards meeting activity requirements (section 4 ) 1. A ctively setting up a business that has not yet started to operate. 2. For an individual who is unemployed — a ctively looking for work . 3. U npaid 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. P arental leave in relation to a child, except if the period of parental leave already taken by the individual, together with any period of parental leave in relation to that child taken by the individual’s partner , exceeds a total of 12 months. 5. A nnual leave. 6. L eave on account of illness , except if the leave on account of illness already taken in relation to the particular illness or injury exceeds a total of 2 years. 7. L ong service leave. 8. P aid leave (other than leave mentioned in items 4 to 7 ) granted under an individual’s terms and conditions of employment. 9. For a self ‑ employed individual — not working because: (a) the individual is ill or injured and has obtained a doctor’s certificate stating that the individual is unable to work because of the illness or injury; or (b) the individual is taking leave that, if the individual were a paid employee, would be of a kind described as annual leave, long service leave or parental leave.