33BEntitlement to bonus

33B Entitlement to bonus

(1) Where the Secretary is satisfied that: (a) a grant is payable or would, but for section 32, be payable, to a sole applicant or joint applicants; and (b) on the prescribed date in relation to the applicant or applicants: (i) a child was in the custody, care and control of the applicant or any of the applicants; or (ii) a student was wholly or substantially dependent on the applicant or any of the applicants; a bonus is payable to the applicant or applicants in accordance with this Part. (2) Where, on a particular date, a child was an inmate of a mental hospital as defined by section 6 of the Social Security Act 1947 that was maintained by, or mainly dependent upon financial assistance from, the Commonwealth, a State or the Northern Territory or an inmate of an institution as defined by section 94 of that Act and a person was making a reasonable contribution towards the expenses of maintaining that child, the Secretary may, in his discretion, determine that, for the purposes of subparagraph (1)(b)(i), that child shall be deemed to have been in the custody, care and control of that person on that date.