246Working out periods of leave

246  Working out periods of leave

  In working out the days on which an individual is on leave under section 244:

 (a) subject to paragraph (b), include the day the individual was first absent for the period; and

 (b) do not include the day on which the registered provider recommenced delivering funded aged care services to the individual.

Note 1: Absences that do not include an overnight absence from an approved residential care home are not counted as leave because of paragraph (b).

Note 2: An individual is taken to be on leave for the whole day on which the individual was first absent, regardless of what time on that day the individual was first absent.

Division 5—Subsidy for certain specialist aged care programs