54Modifications dealing with backdated approval

#### 54 Modifications dealing with backdated approval (1) Under subsection 199G(1) of the Family Assistance Administration Act, the Family Assistance Act and the Family Assistance Administration Act are modified as set out in this section in relation to a period (the period of backdated approval): (a) beginning on the day specified in a notice of approval in respect of a child care service (as mentioned in paragraph 199G(1)(a) or (b) of that Act), or a notice of the revocation of the suspension of such an approval (as mentioned in paragraph 199G(1)(d) of that Act); and (b) ending on the day the Secretary gave such a notice. Family Assistance Act (2) Paragraph 85CB(2)(c) of the Family Assistance Act is modified so that a certificate of risk of serious abuse or neglect given in accordance with section 85CB of that Act can be specified to take effect earlier than 28 days before the day the certificate is given, but no earlier than the first day of the period of backdated approval. (3) Paragraph 85CH(6)(a) of the Family Assistance Act is modified so that a determination of temporary financial hardship made under section 85CH of that Act can be specified to take effect earlier than 28 days before the day the application was made, or the determination was made, but no earlier than the first day of the period of backdated approval. Family Assistance Administration Act (4) Paragraph 204B(2)(d) of the Family Assistance Administration Act is modified so that the period of time in which the approved provider must submit a report in accordance with section 204B of that Act (that is, in respect of each week in which a session of care is provided to a child during the period of backdated approval) is extended to no longer than 14 days after the period of backdated approval. (5) Subsection 204K(1) of the Family Assistance Administration Act is modified so that the period of time in which the approved provider must notify an appropriate State/Territory support agency in accordance with that section is extended to no longer than 6 weeks after the period of backdated approval.