60CEligibility criteria

#### 60C Eligibility criteria (1) For the purposes of paragraph 205C(1)(c) of the Family Assistance Administration Act, a provider is eligible for an Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred Support payment in respect of an approved child care service of the provider if each of the following eligibility criteria are satisfied: (a) the service is located in an Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred local government area; (b) the provider has notified the Secretary of the provider’s acceptance of an Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred Support payment in respect of the service, in the form and manner approved by the Secretary; (c) during the period beginning on 5 March 2025 and ending on 18 March 2025, the service, or part of the service, was closed for: (i) eight or more consecutive days starting on a day that the service would ordinarily be open; or (ii) a total of eight or more days on which the service would ordinarily be open; (d) the provider has given the Secretary an undertaking that if the provider receives notice of a fee reduction decision for an individual concerning sessions of care provided by the service in circumstances to which subparagraph 54B(1)(c)(ii) of these Rules apply, the provider will allow the individual or their partner a discount of 100 per cent of the pre-discount fee attributable to the sessions which the child did not attend. Note 1: Under section 201BB of the Family Assistance Administration Act, a provider who receives notice of a fee reduction decision for an individual may allow the individual, or the individual’s partner, a discount on the pre-discount fee attributable to sessions provided during a period prescribed by the Minister’s Rules. Section 54B of these Rules prescribes periods of emergencies for the purposes of section 201BB, such as the period of emergency caused by Ex‑Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Note 2: If the provider has given an undertaking under paragraph (d), they must comply with the undertaking as a condition for continued approval under section 48D of these Rules. (2) The Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred local government areas are: (a) Armidale Regional Council; (b) Ballina Shire; (c) Bellingen Shire Council; (d) Brisbane City Council; (e) Bundaberg Regional Council; (f) Byron Shire; (g) City of Coffs Harbour; (h) City of Gold Coast; (i) City of Lismore; (j) City of Moreton Bay; (k) Clarence Valley Council; (l) Dungog Shire Council; (m) Fraser Coast Regional Council; (n) Glen Innes Severn Council; (o) Gympie Regional Council; (p) Ipswich City Council; (q) Kempsey Shire Council; (r) Kyogle Council; (s) Livingstone Shire Council; (t) Lockyer Valley Regional Council; (u) Logan City Council; (v) MidCoast Council; (w) Nambucca Valley Council; (x) Noosa Shire Council; (y) Port Macquarie-Hastings Council; (z) Redland City Council; (za) Richmond Valley Council; (zb) Scenic Rim Regional Council; (zc) Somerset Regional Council; (zd) Southern Downs Regional Council; (ze) Sunshine Coast Council; (zf) Tenterfield Shire Council; (zg) Toowoomba Regional Council; and (zh) Tweed Shire Council.