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Chapter 14
Carer's Benefit
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Interpretation.
[2000 s10; 2005 (SW&P) s6(a)]
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99.—(1) Subject to this Act, in this Chapter—
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“carer” means a person who has attained the age of 16 years and who—
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(a) resides with and provides full-time care and attention to a relevant person, or
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(b) subject to the conditions and in the circumstances that may be prescribed, does not reside with but provides full-time care and attention to a relevant person;
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“relevant period” means the period of 26 weeks immediately before the first day in respect of which a claim to carer's benefit is made;
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“relevant person” means a person who has such a disability that he or she requires full-time care and attention.
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(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a relevant person shall be regarded as requiring full-time care and attention where—
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(a) the person has such a disability that he or she requires from another person—
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(i) continual supervision and frequent assistance throughout the day in connection with normal bodily functions, or
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(ii) continual supervision in order to avoid danger to himself or herself,
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and
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(b) the nature and extent of his or her disability has been certified in the prescribed manner by a medical practitioner.
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(3) The Minister may make regulations specifying the circumstances and conditions under which a person is to be regarded as providing full-time care and attention to a relevant person.
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