5Definitions

5 Definitions

In these Guidelines:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

approved fees means fees that:

(a) are either:
(i) charged for the daily care of the principal beneficiary; or
(ii) itemised fees that are additional to the fees mentioned in paragraph (i) and are related to the principal beneficiary’s care and accommodation; and
(b) are charged by:
(i) a registered provider (within the meaning of the Aged Care Act 2024) who is providing a service to the principal beneficiary in an approved residential care home (within the meaning of that Act); or
(ii) an institution, hostel or group home, for which funding is provided (wholly or partly) under an agreement, between the Commonwealth, the States and the Territories, nominated by the Secretary under subsection 1209M(3) of the Act, in which care and accommodation is provided for the principal beneficiary.

trust means a trust that would be a special disability trust if it were not for a contravention of a requirement of Division 1 of Part 3.18A of the Act in relation to the trust.

waiver notice has the same meaning as in paragraph 1209U(1)(a) of the Act.