Aged Care Act 2024
223Secondary person‑centred supplements
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223 Secondary person‑centred supplements
(1) The secondary person‑centred supplements for an individual for a classification type for the service group home modifications are:
(2) The rules may prescribe, for each secondary person‑centred supplement for a classification type for the service group:
(a) the circumstances in which the supplement will apply to the individual; and
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), rules made for the purposes of that subsection in relation to the fee reduction supplement may prescribe:
(a) that the fee reduction supplement reduces any of the fees or contributions under Division 1 of Part 3 for the individual; and
(b) the method for determining the amount (if any) of the fee reduction supplement that must reduce each of the amounts mentioned in paragraph (a), including in which order to reduce those amounts; and
(c) that the fee reduction supplement and the matters set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection may be set by a determination made by the System Governor, and that the determination may include a limited period for which the supplement is payable.
(4) Without limiting subsection (2), the circumstances prescribed by the rules as circumstances in which the fee reduction supplement will apply to an individual for a day must include circumstances that involve financial hardship.
(5) If a determination made by the System Governor under rules made for the purposes of subsection (2) is made in writing, the determination is not a legislative instrument.