Summary

Amends the: A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 and Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Management System and Other Measures) Act 2007 in relation to the recovery of fee reductions, enrolment advances and business continuity payments paid to approved child care services; Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care) Act 2010 to make a technical amendment; A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 in relation to the effect of a child’s absence from the care of an approved child care service on the eligibility of an individual for child care benefit for that child; A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999, Child Care Act 1972 and Social Security Act 1991 to clarify the definition of family assistance law; Age Discrimination Act 2004, A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 and Student Assistance Act 1973 to enable disclosure of information about education and care services for the purposes of the Education and Care Services National Law; and A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 in relation to: the secretary’s power to refuse a child care service’s approval for the purposes of family assistance law; the requirement to comply with child care laws; and the recalculation of child care benefit fee reductions.