12Amount for days within maximum number for provision of respite care

12 Amount for days within maximum number for provision of respite care

(1) This section applies to a care recipient on a day if, on that day, the number of days on which the care recipient had previously been provided with residential care as respite care during the financial year in which the day occurred does not equal or exceed the number specified, for the purposes of paragraph 44‑12(2)(c) of the Act, in the Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997. (2) Subject to section 14, the basic subsidy amount for the day for the care recipient is: (a) for a care recipient whose classification level is low level residential respite care—$38.98; and (b) for a care recipient whose classification level is high level residential respite care—$109.30.