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Child Allowance (Fees) Regulations 2004

NIUE LAWS
LEGISLATION AS AT DECEMBER 2006

CHILD ALLOWANCE

CHILD ALLOWANCE (FEES) REGULATIONS 2004

2004/3 – 1 July 2004

1 Title

These are the Child Allowance (Fees) Regulations 2004.

2 Interpretation

(1) Expressions in these Regulations have the same meaning as they have in the Act.

(2) In these Regulations, "Act" means the Child Allowance Act 1995.

3 Rate of child allowance

(1) The rate of child allowance payable under section 4 of the Act shall be –

(a) $100 grant for every newborn child to a non-public servant mother; and

(b) $340 per annum for every qualifying child.

(2) Child allowance is payable under the Act in respect of each child who on 1 January of that year was a qualifying child or becomes a qualifying child on or before 30 June of that year.

4 Payment of child allowance

(1) Child allowance is payable –

(a) Once for a newborn child to a non-public servant mother shortly after giving birth; and

(b) In advance by equal payments on a quarterly basis or on the day which is one week before the first day of each school term in a year.

(2) Where under regulation 4(1)(b), a child becomes a qualifying child on or before 30 June in a year any unpaid child allowance payable in respect of that child for that year is to be paid on the next day of child allowance.