38BRent assistance children

38B Rent assistance children

(1) An individual’s eligibility for, and rate of, rent assistance is affected by whether an FTB child, or a regular care child, of the individual is also a rent assistance child of the individual. (2) An FTB child of an individual is a rent assistance child of the individual if the FTB child rate for the child: (a) exceeds the base FTB child rate (see clause 8); or (b) would exceed the base FTB child rate but for clause 11. (3) A regular care child of an individual is a rent assistance child of the individual if: (a) the regular care child is under 16 years of age; and (b) the regular care child is not an absent overseas regular care child.