294Accommodation agreements

294  Accommodation agreements

 (1) An accommodation agreement between a registered provider and an individual must set out the following:

 (a) the individual’s start day, or proposed start day;

 (b) that the individual will pay an accommodation payment if:

 (i) the individual’s daily means tested amount at the individual’s start day is equal to, or greater than, the maximum accommodation supplement amount for that day; or

 (ii) the individual has means not disclosed status at the individual’s start day; or

 (iii) at the individual’s start day, the individual’s daily means tested amount has not been determined and the individual does not have means not disclosed status;

 (c) that, if the individual’s daily means tested amount for the individual’s start day is less than the maximum accommodation supplement amount for that day, the individual may pay an accommodation contribution, depending on the individual’s daily means tested amount;

 (ca) that, if the individual pays an accommodation payment because of subparagraph (b)(iii) in the period (the interim period) between the individual’s start day and the day the individual’s daily means tested amount at the individual’s start day is determined, the following will apply:

 (i) the amount of accommodation payment charged by the registered provider for a day in the interim period must be equal to, or less than, the agreed accommodation payment amount, as expressed as a daily accommodation payment amount;

 (ii) any accommodation payment paid during the interim period must be paid by daily payments;

 (iii) the individual is to be refunded the amount (if any) by which the accommodation payment paid during the interim period exceeds the amount that would have been payable if the individual’s daily means tested amount for the individual’s start day had been determined at the start day;

 (d) that a fee reduction supplement may reduce the accommodation payment or accommodation contribution (if payable), including to nil;

 (e) subject to paragraph (ca), that the individual may choose to pay the accommodation payment or accommodation contribution (if payable) by:

 (i) daily payments; or

 (ii) refundable deposit; or

 (iii) a combination of refundable deposit and daily payments;

 (f) that, if the individual does not choose how to pay the accommodation payment or accommodation contribution (if payable), the individual must pay by daily payments;

 (g) that the individual must not pay the accommodation payment or accommodation contribution (if payable) by refundable deposit before the individual’s start day;

 (h) the amounts that are permitted to be deducted from a refundable deposit balance;