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==Procedure==
#Fill out an application form. It should be approved by the Director of Community Affairs.
#Submit the application.

'''Notes''' 
*Every application shall be investigated by the Director, who shall decide as to whether the allowance is payable and if so, to whom.
*It shall be the duty of every person to answer all questions put by the Director concerning any application for a child allowance, or concerning any statements contained in any application for a child allowance.
*For the purpose of ascertaining the childs enrollment and attendance the Director shall have access to the childs school attendance records when required.

==Required Documents==
List down the documents required for successfully completing the procedure.

e.g.
1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

==Office Locations & Contacts==
'''Community Affairs''' 
Director Mr Faapoi AKESI 
Library Officer Ms Amanda Heka 
Contact: PO Box 77, Alofi, NIUE 
Telephone (683) 4019 
Facsimile (683) 4391

==Eligibility==
*A qualifying child shall be a child who qualifies on a residence basis as set out in section 7 and who is
**Either a Niuean by descent;
**A permanent resident of Niue; or
**A New Zealand citizen.
*A qualifying child may apply for a child allowance who, at the time of application
**Is ordinarily resident in Niue;
**Is not married;
**Is financially dependent; and
**Is attending a recognized school in Niue

'''Disabled/disadvantaged persons''' 
*a disabled/disadvantaged person, who is not required or is unable to attend school shall be eligible for child allowance up to the age of 18 years.
*The Director on advice of the Welfare Committee shall have sole discretion to determine whether any child comes within the definition of disabled/disadvantaged to such an extent as to qualify for the exemptions referred to herein.

'''Residence qualifications''' 
Subject to section 8 an applicant and/or the child the subject of the application who has been absent from Niue for a continuous period of more than 12 months immediately preceding the application shall not be eligible for child allowance until a period of 6 months has elapsed since returning to Niue.

'''Exemptions''' 
*Any person being the child of an Award Holder who as a direct consequence of being overseas in the years immediately preceding application cannot fulfill the residence requirement in section 7 shall not be required to complete such requirement before being eligible to become a qualifying child.
*For the purposes of this section an Award Holder is a person who has taken up study or training overseas which will be of benefit to the Award Holder and Niues development.

==Fees==
Explain the fees structure which is required for obtaining the certificate/document.

==Validity==
Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

==Documents to Use==
Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

==Sample Documents==
Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

==Processing Time==
Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.

==Related Videos==
Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M".

==Instructions==
Period allowance is payable
*Child allowance payable in respect of a qualifying child shall, subject to this Act, commence on the day the application is approved by the Director and shall continue until the day on which the child leaves a recognised school.
*No allowance shall be payable in respect of any period before the date of coming into force of this Act or its Regulation.
*If an application is received by the Director after the closing date as determined by the Director, the allowance shall not commence until the following year.
*It is the responsibility of the qualifying person to inform the Director in writing of any intended absence from Niue, of the child or themselves.
*Failure to inform the Director in writing will result in the loss of future allowances.

Person allowance is payable to
*A qualifying person shall be a parent or guardian whose application for child allowance has been granted by the Director.
*Unless otherwise provided, child allowance shall be payable only to the mother of a qualifying child (whether application for the allowance has been made by the mother or father or another person).
*The child allowance may be paid to the father of that child, if
**The mother of the child has passed away, or has left permanently for overseas, or has left the family permanently without the child; and
**The child is living with the father and under his care and control.
*In any other case the Director may determine that the child allowance shall be paid to any person who has care and control of the child.
*No child allowance shall be payable to any applicant if another allowance is being paid in another country or received from overseas for that child.

==Required Information==
A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

==Need for the Document==
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.

==Information which might help==
Enter other informations which might help

==Other uses of the Document/Certificate==
Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

==External Links==
[http://www.gov.nu/wb/ Government of Niue]

==Others==
More information which might help people.

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