73Rate of fee reductions or child care benefit—individual conditionally eligible or eligible under section 43

#### 73 Rate of fee reductions or child care benefit—individual conditionally eligible or eligible under section 43 Individual conditionally eligible for child care benefit (1) If a determination of conditional eligibility under section 50F of the Family Assistance Administration Act is in force in respect of an individual and a child for child care benefit by fee reductions for care provided by an approved child care service to the child, the individual’s rate of fee reductions for a session of care provided by the service to the child is the hourly rate: (a) if paragraph (b) or (c) does not apply (no child at risk or individual in hardship)—worked out by the service using Schedule 2 as if: (i) references in that Schedule to a person being eligible were references to the person being determined to be conditionally eligible under section 50F of the Family Assistance Administration Act; and (ii) references to child care benefit were references to fee reductions; or (b) if the service gives a certificate under subsection 76(1) in respect of the session—specified by the service in the certificate; or (c) if the Secretary makes a determination under subsection 81(2) or (3) in respect of the session—specified by the Secretary in the determination. Individual eligible for child care benefit (2) If an individual is eligible under section 43 for child care benefit by fee reduction for a session of care provided by an approved child care service to a child, the individual’s rate of child care benefit for the session is the hourly rate: (a) if paragraph (b) or (c) does not apply (no child at risk or individual in hardship)—worked out using Schedule 2; or (b) if the service gave a certificate under subsection 76(1) in respect of the session while the individual was conditionally eligible—specified by the service in the certificate in respect of fee reductions; or (c) if the Secretary made a determination under subsection 81(2) or (3) in respect of the session while the individual was conditionally eligible—specified by the Secretary in the determination in respect of fee reductions. (3) The rate mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) or (c) is taken into account when the Secretary determines the individual’s entitlement to be paid child care benefit by fee reduction under section 51B of the Family Assistance Administration Act. (4) Section 71 imposes a limit on the amount of child care benefit that may be paid for sessions of care provided by the service to the child in a week. Section 72 imposes a limit on the rate of fee reductions for sessions of care provided by the service to the child in a week.