Child Care Subsidy Secretary’s Rules 2017
6Information to be contained in an application for approval
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6 Information to be contained in an application for approval
(1) For paragraph 194A(2)(b) of the Family Assistance Administration Act, an application for provider approval must include, where applicable, the following information about the applicant: (a) full legal name and proposed trading name as an approved provider; (b) an ABN, where it is required to hold one under the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999; (c) any approval number issued under the Education and Care Services National Law, as it applies in a State or Territory, in relation to the applicant; (d) street and postal addresses (in the case of a company registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the address must match the address of the registered office or principal place of business); (e) representative name and contact details in respect of the application; (f) documentation sufficient to prove the applicant’s identity to the Secretary; (g) where the provider is applying in their capacity as a trustee of a trust, a copy of the relevant trust deed; (h) where the provider is registered with the Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission, details of its registration as publicly available on the Australian Charities and Not‑for‑profits Commission’s website; (i) the name and contact details for each person with management or control of the provider; (j) details of how the applicant will comply with section 195D of the Family Assistance Administration Act from the time that section becomes applicable to the applicant; (k) all of the following in relation to each person with management or control of the provider: (i) if the person is an individual—a National Personal Insolvency Index check using the Bankruptcy Register Search service provided by the Australian Financial Security Authority, carried out no more than 30 days before the person commenced to hold that position; (ii) if the person is an individual—a copy of a national police check from a State or Territory police service, or an agency accredited by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, carried out no more than 6 months before the person commenced to hold that position; (iii) if the person is an individual—a current and historical personal name extract search of the records of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, carried out no more than 30 days before the person commenced to hold that position; (iv) if the person is a company—a current and historical company extract search of the records of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, carried out no more than 30 days before the person commenced to hold that position; (v) evidence that the person does not appear on the banned and disqualified register held by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (in the form of a computer printout of the results of the search); (l) a declaration regarding any circumstance of the kind referred to in subsections 46(4) and (5) of the Child Care Subsidy Minister’s Rules 2017, including where no such circumstance exists; (m) the identity of any company that owns or controls the applicant; (n) for every service to be added to the provider’s approval, all of the following details: (i) the proposed name of the service—being, where a business name has been registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in respect of the service, that name; (ii) any approval number issued under the Education and Care Services National Law, as it applies in a State or Territory, in relation to an education and care service; (iii) the type of service being applied for, as referred to in subclause 2(3) of Schedule 2 to the Family Assistance Act; (iv) the physical address of the service where the service proposes to provide sessions of care; (v) the name and contact details for each person responsible for the day‑to‑day operation of the service; (vi) in relation to each person responsible for the day‑to‑day operation of the service, where the person is an individual—a national police check from a State or Territory police service, or an agency accredited by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, carried out no more than 6 months before the date of the application; (vii) where the application is made by a person proposing to operate an FDC service or an IHC service, a declaration that all proposed educators are fit and proper persons having regard to any prior actions involving fraud or dishonesty and their capacity to comply with the family assistance law; (o) where the application is made in respect of an IHC service, evidence that there has been contact with an In Home Care Support Agency (within the meaning of section 49B of the Child Care Subsidy Minister’s Rules 2017) for the purposes of providing the IHC service.