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Dental Benefits Rules 2014
13Persons to whom the vouchers are to be issued (Act, s 32(c))
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13 Persons to whom the vouchers are to be issued (Act, s 32(c))
For the Dental Benefits Schedule, a voucher is to be issued:
(a) if an eligible dental patient is receiving youth allowance — to the eligible dental patient; or
(b) if an eligible dental patient is receiving a payment under the ABSTUDY scheme, or another person or an institution is receiving such a payment in respect of the eligible dental patient:
(i) if the eligible dental patient applied for the payment — to the eligible dental patient; or
(ii) if the eligible dental patient’s parent or guardian applied for the payment — to the parent or guardian who made the application; or
(iii) if an institution applied for the payment — to the institution that made the application; or
(c) if an eligible dental patient is an FTB(A) person:
(i) if there is 1 FTB recipient for the person — to the FTB recipient for the person; or
(ii) if there is more than 1 FTB recipient for the person — to the FTB recipient with the highest percentage of care arrangements for the person; or
(iii) if there is more than 1 FTB recipient for the person and the FTB recipients have equal care arrangements for the person — to a maximum of 2 FTB recipients with the most current records of entitlement; or
(d) if an eligible dental patient is receiving a payment mentioned in subparagraph 9(a) — to the eligible dental patient; or
(e) if an eligible dental patient’s parent, carer or guardian is receiving parenting payment for the eligible dental patient — to the parent, carer or guardian receiving the payment; or
(f) if an eligible dental patient’s carer or guardian is receiving double orphan pension for the eligible dental patient:
(i) if there is 1 carer or guardian receiving the pension for the eligible dental patient — to the carer or guardian receiving the pension; or
(ii) if there is more than 1 carer or guardian receiving the pension for the eligible dental patient — to the carer or guardian receiving the pension with the highest percentage of care arrangements for the eligible dental patient; or
(iii) if there is more than 1 carer or guardian receiving the pension for the eligible dental patient and those carers and/or guardians have equal care arrangements for the eligible dental patient — to a maximum of 2 carers or guardians receiving the pension with the most current records of entitlement; or
(g) if an eligible dental patient is a person mentioned in paragraph 9(c) — to the partner receiving the payment; or
(h) if an eligible dental patient is a person mentioned in paragraph 9(d) — to the person receiving the payment on behalf of the eligible dental patient.