1Aged Care (Residential care subsidy - amount of concessional resident supplement) Determination 2008

Image unavailable in extracted text

Aged Care (Residential care subsidy — amount of concessional resident supplement) Determination 20081

Aged Care Act 1997

I, JUSTINE ELLIOT, Minister for Ageing, make this Determination under subsection 44‑6 (4) of the Aged Care Act 1997.

Dated 17 March 2008

JUSTINE ELLIOT

Minister for Ageing

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Aged Care (Residential care subsidy — amount of concessional resident supplement) Determination 2008.

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on 20 March 2008.

3 Revocation

The Determination made by the Minister on 26 June 2007 (ACA Ch. 3 No. 7/2007) under subsection 44‑6 (4) of the Act is revoked.

4 Definitions

In this Determination:

Act means the Aged Care Act 1997.

new resident has the same meaning as in section 21.13 of the Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997.

relevant residential care service, for a care recipient who is a concessional resident, means the residential care service that provides residential care (other than respite care) to the care recipient on a day.

5 Amount of concessional resident supplement

For subsection 44‑6 (4) of the Act, the amount of concessional resident supplement for a day is:

(a) for a care recipient who is a concessional resident:

(i) if, on the day, more than 40% of the new residents to whom the relevant residential care service provides residential care (other than respite care) are supported residents, concessional residents or assisted residents — $17.73; and

(ii) in any other case — $11.60; and

(b) for a care recipient who is an assisted resident — $7.30.

Note

Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.