(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), domiciliary care allowance is not payable for any period during which a child is resident in an institution.
(2) Subject to this Chapter, regulations may provide, subject to such conditions and in such circumstances as are prescribed, for payment of domiciliary care allowance at a rate less than the scheduled rate referred to in section 186F in respect of a qualified child in respect of whom the allowance would be payable but for the fact that the qualified child is resident in an institution, where the child is temporarily resident with the qualified person for a period of not less than two days in any one week.
(3) Where a qualified child in respect of whom a domiciliary care allowance is payable is admitted to an institution otherwise than in the circumstances referred to in subsection (2), that allowance shall continue to be payable for such period, and in such circumstances as are prescribed.