This instrument is the Family Tax Benefit (Meeting the Health Check Requirement) Determination 2018.

This instrument commences on 1 July 2018.

This instrument is made under paragraphs 61A(9)(a) and (c) of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999.

In this instrument:

Act means the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999.

Social Security Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

For the purposes of section 6 and paragraph 8(c), the specified period is the period that commences on the day the child turns 3 and ends on the day before the child turns 5 or, if the Secretary has determined a later day under subsection 61A(5) of the Act, that later day.

6 Health check requirement

The health check requirement for a child is that the child meets one of the following requirements:

(a) the child has undergone, within the specified period, an age appropriate health check provided under a State or Territory program and conducted by a suitably qualified health professional;

(b) the child has undergone, within the specified period, a health check that:

(i) took place in another country; and

(ii) was conducted by a suitably qualified health professional; and

(iii) included the required assessments and examinations set out in section 7.

7 Required examinations and assessments for overseas health checks

For paragraph 6(b), the required assessments and examinations are:

(a) height and weight (plot and interpret growth curve and calculate Body Mass Index); and

(b) eyesight; and

(d) oral health (teeth and gums); and

(e) toileting; and

(f) allergies.

8 Classes of children taken to meet the health check requirement

A child who is a member of one of the following classes is taken to meet the health check requirement:

(a) the class of children, each member of which is a child in respect of whom another person was receiving a carer payment or carer allowance under the Social Security Act at any time from the beginning of the income year in which the child turned 4 to the day before the child turns 5 or, if the Secretary has determined a later day under subsection 61A(5) of the Act, that later day;

(b) the class of children, each member of which is a child qualified for a health care card under subsection 1061ZK(3) of the Social Security Act at any time from the beginning of the income year in which the child turned 4 to the day before the child turns 5 or, if the Secretary has determined a later day under subsection 61A(5) of the Act, that later day;

(i) has been assessed by a medical practitioner as having a severe disability or a severe medical condition; and

(ii) has undergone, within the specified period, a health assessment suitable to their needs, conducted by a suitably qualified health professional.