281Fees for pre‑entry period—ongoing residential care

281  Fees for pre‑entry period—ongoing residential care

 (1) This section applies in relation to an individual whose access approval includes the ongoing classification type for the service group residential care.

 (2) A registered provider delivering funded aged care services through the service group residential care in an approved residential care home may charge the individual an amount (the pre‑entry fee) for each day in the period set out in subsection (3).

 (3) The period (the pre‑entry period) is the period:

 (a) starting on the later of the following:

 (i) the day the individual enters into a service agreement with the provider;

 (ii) the day that is 7 days before the individual’s start day; and

 (b) ending at the end of the day before that start day.

Note: The registered provider is taken not to be delivering funded aged care services to the individual on a day in the pre‑entry period, so section 276 does not apply to the day.

 (4) The maximum amount of the pre‑entry fee that the registered provider may charge the individual under this section for a day in the pre‑entry period is:

 (a) the amount prescribed by, or worked out in accordance with, the rules; or

 (b) if no rules are in force for the purposes of paragraph (a)—the amount obtained by rounding down to the nearest cent the amount equal to 85% of the basic age pension amount (worked out on a per day basis).