Deferral of determination of early claims
15B Deferral of determination of early claims
If:
an individual makes a claim for payment of family tax benefit by instalment in respect of a child before the child is an FTB child of the claimant; and
the Secretary is satisfied that, at the time the determination would otherwise be made, the claimant would be likely to be eligible for family tax benefit in respect of the child if the child were to become an FTB child of the claimant;
the Secretary must not determine the claim for family tax benefit until the earlier of the following:
the time when the child becomes an FTB child of the claimant, or is stillborn;
28 days after the day that, on the day the claim is made, is the expected day on which the child to whom the claim relates will become an FTB child of the claimant.
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