16APrescribed payments for determining hourly session fee

#### 16A Prescribed payments for determining hourly session fee (1A) This section sets out payments that are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 2(2A)(c) of Schedule 2 to the Family Assistance Act. > Note: A payment prescribed in this section does not reduce the hourly session fee for a session of care, for the purposes of working out the hourly rate of CCS for that session. Payments for children in vulnerable or disadvantaged circumstances (3A) A payment made by a State or Territory, or an authority of a State or Territory, to an approved provider is prescribed if: (a) it is for the purpose of enabling a child in vulnerable or disadvantaged circumstances to participate in early childhood education and care; and (b) it is made to reduce, wholly or in part, the liability of an individual or the individual’s partner to pay for a session of care provided to the child. State and Territory preschool payments (3D) A payment made by a State or Territory, or an authority of a State or Territory, is prescribed if: (a) the payment benefits an individual in respect of a session of care provided to a child on a day between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2027; and (b) the session of care was provided by a centre-based day care service, including a service operated by a State or Territory or an authority of a State or Territory, in a preschool program offered by that service; and (c) the program is aimed at children in the years that are 2 years or 3 years before grade 1 of school; and (d) the payment is made to reduce, wholly or in part, the liability of the individual or the individual’s partner to pay for the session of care. > Note: Subsection (3D) applies to payments including, but not limited to, payments made under the New South Wales Start Strong Program and the Victorian Best Start, Best Life initiative. (4) In this section: > preschool program means an early childhood education program provided to children before their first year of full‑time school. > Note: Some states or territories refer to this kind of program as kindergarten.