38ERate of rent assistance payable to individual who is a relevant shared carer or who has only one or more regular care children

#### 38E Rate of rent assistance payable to individual who is a relevant shared carer or who has only one or more regular care children The rate of rent assistance payable to an individual who is a relevant shared carer, or who has only one or more regular care children (but no FTB children), is the higher of: (a) the rate of rent assistance that would be payable to that individual if that individual’s rate were worked out using clause 38D; and (b) the rate of rent assistance worked out using the following table. In working out rent assistance, work out the individual’s family situation using column 1 and calculate Rate A for the individual using the corresponding formula in column 2. This will be the individual’s rate of rent assistance in accordance with the table but only up to Rate B specified in column 3. ```html <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:0.05pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="4" style="width:343.65pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Rent assistance payable to individual who is a relevant shared carer or who has only one or more regular care children</span></p><p class="TableHeading"><span>(Part A—Method 1 or 3)</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p></td><td style="width:95.6pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 1</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Family situation</span></p></td><td style="width:138.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 2</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Rate A</span></p></td><td style="width:67.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Column 3</span></p><p class="Tabletext"><span style="font-weight:bold">Rate B</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:10.55pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:95.6pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Not member of a couple</span></p></td><td style="width:138.15pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><img src="image.024.png" width="182" height="53" alt="Start formula open bracket start fraction Annual rent minus $3,803.30 over 4 end fraction close bracket times 3 end formula"></p></td><td style="width:67.25pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$5,431.20</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:95.6pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Member of a couple other than a person who is partnered (partner in gaol) or a member of an illness separated couple, a respite care couple or a temporarily separated couple</span></p></td><td style="width:138.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><img src="image.025.png" width="182" height="53" alt="Start formula open bracket start fraction Annual rent minus $6,186.75 over 4 end fraction close bracket times 3 end formula"></p></td><td style="width:67.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$5,099.05</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:95.6pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Person who is partnered (partner in gaol) or a member of an illness separated couple or a respite care couple</span></p></td><td style="width:138.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><img src="image.024.png" width="182" height="53" alt="Start formula open bracket start fraction Annual rent minus $3,803.30 over 4 end fraction close bracket times 3 end formula"></p></td><td style="width:67.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$5,431.20</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:95.6pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>Member of a temporarily separated couple</span></p></td><td style="width:138.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><img src="image.024.png" width="182" height="53" alt="Start formula open bracket start fraction Annual rent minus $3,803.30 over 4 end fraction close bracket times 3 end formula"></p></td><td style="width:67.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$5,099.05</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table> ```