Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT 1991 - SECT 37

                   A young person is taken to be a dependent child of a member of a couple (the adult ) for the purposes of Part 2.10 (parenting payment) if:

                     (a)  the young person is an inmate of a mental hospital; and

                     (b)  the mental hospital is either:

                              (i)  maintained by the Commonwealth, a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory; or

                             (ii)  mainly dependent upon financial assistance from the Commonwealth, a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory; and

                     (c)  the adult is making a reasonable contribution towards the expenses of maintaining the young person; and

                     (d)  the Secretary determines that the young person is to be taken to be a dependent child of the adult.