14Child in hospital following birth

14 Child in hospital following birth

For the purposes of Subdivision A, a person satisfies this section for a child on a day if: (a) the person is: (i) the child’s birth mother; or (ii) a person who is a parent of the child and is not the child’s birth mother; or (iii) a partner of the child’s birth mother; or (iv) a partner of a person covered by subparagraph (ii); and (b) the child is required to remain in hospital after the child’s birth, or is hospitalised immediately after the child’s birth, for one or more of the following reasons: (i) the child was born prematurely; (ii) the child developed a complication or contracted an illness during the child’s period of gestation or at birth; (iii) the child developed a complication or contracted an illness following the child’s birth; and (c) on that day, the child: (i) remains in hospital for one or more of the reasons referred to in paragraph (b); or (ii) is being discharged after remaining in hospital for one or more of the reasons referred to in paragraph (b); and (d) if the person is the birth mother of the child—that day is on or after the 14th day after the day the child is born.