Clause 12. Payment between end of academic year and start of next

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 MSD that he or she intends to enrol in a course of secondary instruction or approved training in the next academic year, MSD 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.