250Payment of subsidy

250  Payment of subsidy

 (1) Subsidy is payable by the Commonwealth to a registered provider if:

 (a) the registered provider is eligible for subsidy under section 191, 201, 209 or 218 for a funded aged care service delivered to an individual on a day; and

 (b) the registered provider gives the System Governor a claim for that subsidy in accordance with section 251.

Note: Subsidy is not payable to the extent that there are insufficient funds in an individual’s relevant notional account: see section 251A.

 (2) Subsidy payable in relation to individuals to whom funded aged care services were delivered through each service delivery branch of a registered provider is separately payable by the Commonwealth.

 (3) If the full amount of subsidy for which a registered provider is eligible under section 191, 201, 209 or 218 for a funded aged care service delivered to an individual on a day is not payable because of the previous operation of section 251A in relation to the subsidy, the registered provider remains eligible for so much of the full amount of subsidy as remains unpaid.

Note: If additional credits are made to the individual’s relevant notional account or the registered provider’s relevant notional service delivery branch account, the unpaid amount may become payable in accordance with subsection (1) if an additional claim is made for that unpaid amount.