Aged Care Act 2024
307Amounts to be deducted from refundable deposit balances—general
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307 Amounts to be deducted from refundable deposit balances—general
(1) A registered provider must not deduct an amount from a refundable deposit balance unless the deduction is authorised by this section or section 308 (retention amounts).
(2) A registered provider must deduct a daily payment from an individual’s refundable deposit balance if:
(a) the individual has requested the deduction in writing; and
(b) the daily payment is payable by the individual.
(3) A registered provider may deduct the following from an individual’s refundable deposit balance:
(a) the amounts prescribed by the rules that may be deducted when the registered provider ceases to deliver ongoing funded aged care services to the individual through the service group residential care in an approved residential care home;
(b) any amounts that the individual has agreed in writing may be deducted;
(c) such other amounts (if any) as are prescribed by the rules.