A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999
38BRent assistance children
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38B Rent assistance children
(1) An individual’s eligibility for, and rate of, rent assistance is affected by whether an FTB child, or a regular care child, of the individual is also a rent assistance child of the individual. (2) An FTB child of an individual is a rent assistance child of the individual if the FTB child rate for the child: (a) exceeds the base FTB child rate (see clause 8); or (b) would exceed the base FTB child rate but for clause 11. (3) A regular care child of an individual is a rent assistance child of the individual.