5Amount of accommodation charge top-up supplement

5 Amount of accommodation charge top-up supplement

(1) For subsection 44-16(3) of the Act, the amount of accommodation charge top-up supplement for a care recipient for a day is: the maximum daily accommodation charge that would be payable by the care recipient if the care recipient was not receiving an income support payment on his or her date of entry, as calculated under section 57A-6 of the Act minus the maximum daily accommodation charge that is payable by a post-2008 reform resident who was receiving an income support payment on his or her date of entry, as specified under subsection 23.81P(6) of the User Rights Principles 1997 (2) However if: (a) the amount worked out under subsection (1) is a negative amount; or (b) the care recipient is on pre-entry leave; the amount of accommodation charge top-up supplement is $0.00. (3) For the purposes of this section, a care recipient is on pre-entry leave in the circumstances described in subsection 42-3(3) of the Act.