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Social Security Act 1991
500DPP child
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500D PP child
(1) A child is a PP child of a person if: (a) the child is a child of the person; and (b) the person is a member of a couple; and (c) the child has not turned 6; and (d) the person is the principal carer of the child. (2) A child is a PP child of a person if: (a) the child is a child of the person; and (b) the person is not a member of a couple; and (c) the child has not turned 14; and (d) the person is the principal carer of the child.
Note: For principal carer see subsections 5(15) to (24).