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Child Care Subsidy Minister's Rules 2017
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#### 20 Unpaid work in a family business
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 12(2)(d) of Schedule 2 to the Family Assistance Act, an individual engages in a recognised participation type if he or she engages in unpaid work for a family business owned by a member of the individual’s immediate family.
(2) Each of the following is a member of the individual’s immediate family:
(a) a parent of the individual;
(b) a partner of a parent of the individual;
(c) a partner of the individual;
(d) a sibling of the individual, including any person (other than the individual) who is a child of a parent of the individual;
(e) a child of the individual;
(f) a partner of a child of the individual;
(g) another particular member of the individual’s family determined by the Secretary to be a member of the individual’s immediate family for the purposes of this section.
(3) Without limiting who is a child of another person, each of the following is a child of the other person:
(a) an adopted child, or step‑child, of the other person, within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991;
(b) a foster‑child or ward of the other person, including someone who was the ward of the other person when the ward was under 18 years of age;
(c) someone who is a child of the other person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975.
(4) Without limiting who is a parent, if someone is, within the meaning of this section, a child of another person, the other person is a parent of the child.