ok, Registered care is claimed after care has been used (up to 12 months) - it's an amount of approx 60c per hour for the care you've used, and BOTH parents must be meeting the work/study/training test

you pay the bill, you get a receipt with all the hours you've used care each week, fill in the form, and send it off. it will then be processed as soon as someone can get to it, but is not deemed to be high priority (processed by the same staff that do baby bonus etc)