16 AUGUST 2012 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 98 2741

8. GCAP not payable with other assistance—An applicant is not entitled to be granted GCAP in respect of an eligible child and any period unless, in respect of that period, all of the following apply:

(a) no payment of childcare assistance under section 61GA of the Act is being made in respect of the child:

(b) the child is not receiving early childhood education under the Government policy known as 20 Hours Early Childhood Education:

(c) no payment of childcare assistance is being made in respect of the child under any other welfare programme approved under section 124(1)(d) of the Act.

9. GCAP: Rates—(1) The amount of GCAP payments granted under clause 6 or 7 in respect of any week is—

a – b but not more than c

(2) GCAP is not payable in respect of any week in which b is greater than a.

In this clause—

a is the weekly cost—

(a) of the eligible child’s attendance at the approved early-childhood education programme calculated using—

(i) the actual hourly fee payable; or

(ii) if a periodic flat fee is payable, the average hourly fee payable calculated by dividing the periodic flat fee by the number of hours during the period for which the child is enrolled to participate in the programme; or

(b) where clause 11 applies, of keeping the eligible child’s place in that programme

b is any payment towards a made by a person other than the applicant calculated on a weekly basis

c is $6.00 per hour multiplied by the number of hours a week (not exceeding 50 hours) for which the child is enrolled to participate in the programme not exceeding $300.00 a week.

10. Commencement of GCAP—GCAP payments commence on the last of the following dates:

(a) The date on which this programme commences;

(b) the date on which the application for GCAP was received;

(c) the date on which the eligible child started to attend the approved early-childhood education programme;

(d) in the case of a grant under clause 6, the date on which the applicant commenced complying with the youth activity obligation in respect of which the grant is made;

(e) in the case of a grant under clause 7, the date on which the applicant commenced participating in the course of secondary instruction.

11. Payment during absences of eligible child—(1) If a provider in respect of an approved early-childhood education programme charges a fee for holding open the places of children who are absent from the programme when the programme is available, GCAP payments may continue to be granted in respect of an eligible child for any continuous period of not more than 30 working days when the child is absent from the programme because—

(a) the child or applicant is injured or ill; or

(b) of a family bereavement; or

(c) the child is on holiday; or

(d) of any other reasonable circumstance.

(2) GCAP payments cease if an eligible child is absent from the programme for a continuous period of 15 working days or more and none of the circumstances in subclause (1)(a) to (d) exist or clause 12 applies.

12. Payment between end of academic year and start of next—(1) This clause applies to an applicant who has been receiving GCAP under clause 6 or 7 during an academic year.

(2) Except as provided in subclause (3) or (4), GCAP under clause 6 or 7 is not payable in respect of the period between the end of that academic year and the start of the next (the vacation period) when the applicant is not attending a full-time course of secondary instruction or approved training.

(3) During the vacation period, the applicant may be granted GCAP in respect of an eligible child and any period when the applicant is undertaking employment, but if the applicant’s employment in any week exceeds 15 hours, the applicant is not entitled to be granted GCAP under this subclause in respect of that excess.

(4) If a provider in respect of an approved early-childhood education programme charges a fee for holding open the places of children who are absent from the programme when the programme is available and the applicant provides evidence to the satisfaction of the chief executive that he or she intends to enrol in a course of secondary instruction or approved training in the next academic year, the chief executive may, during the vacation period, continue to grant GCAP payments in respect of that applicant and an eligible child for a continuous period of 30 working days or more.

(5) GCAP may not be granted in respect of an eligible child under subclause (4) for any period for which GCAP is granted under clause 11.

13. Notification of absences of eligible child—(1) It is a condition of any grant of GCAP that, within a reasonable time after an eligible child for whom GCAP payments are granted is absent from the approved early-childhood education programme concerned,

(a) the applicant must notify the provider of the approved early-childhood education programme of the child's absence; and

(b) the provider of an approved early-childhood education programme to whom any payment of assistance is made under clause 11 must notify an officer of the department and the appropriate contracted service provider in respect of the applicant (if any) of the child's absence.

(2) Nothing in subclause (1) limits the applicant's obligations under section 80A of the Act (as applied to this programme and the applicant by clause 5).

14. Continuation of GCAP in certain circumstances—

(1) If an eligible child in respect of whom GCAP has been granted under clause 6 or 7 attains the age of 5 years and is transitioning from early-childhood education to attendance at school, the chief executive may, as if the child had not attained that age, continue to grant GCAP in respect of any period and that child until a date not later than 4 weeks after the child attains that age.

(2) If an applicant to whom clause 7(1)(a) applies (being an applicant in respect of whom GCAP has been granted under clause 7(2)) attains the age of 18 and is continuing to participate in a course of secondary instruction, the chief executive may, as if the applicant had not attained that age, continue to grant GCAP in respect of any period and that applicant and an eligible child until the earlier of—

(a) the date on which the school year ends; and

(b) the date on which the child attains the age of 5 years and 4 weeks.