229Compensation not payable for certain accommodation etc.

229 Compensation not payable for certain accommodation etc. (1) Nothing in this Division renders the Authority, a self-insurer or the employer liable to pay as compensation the cost of the provision to, or for, a worker of any of the following things, unless the provision of a particular thing to the worker is a medical service, or a hospital service, provided as a result of the injury— (a) accommodation (including accommodation-related costs such as rent, bonds, rates, accommodation costs levied in accordance with Commonwealth legislation, capital contributions and costs associated with the buying or selling of property, but not including contributions or costs for which the Authority or self-insurer is liable under section 231(5)); (b) food or household or personal items; (c) power, water or any other service provided by a utility; (d) room temperature controls; (e) any other thing specified by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply in the case of a person who— (a) is under 18 years of age and, as a result of his or her injury, is unable to reside at the place at which he or she resided before the injury; or (b) is receiving respite care as a result of his or her injury; or (c) receives a hospital service as a result of his or her injury and, after being discharged from hospital for the first time after suffering the injury, resides in supported accommodation but only while so residing during the first 18 months after being so discharged. (3) If, during the period of 18 months referred to in subsection (2), the person receives a hospital service or hospital services, a reference in that subsection to 18 months has effect, in relation to that person, as a reference to that period as extended by the period, or periods, during which the person receives the hospital service or hospital services. (4) The contribution to be made by a worker towards the cost of supported accommodation referred to in paragraph (b) or (d) of the definition of ***supported accommodation*** in section 223 must not exceed $32.50 per day. (5) The Governor in Council may, on the recommendation of the Authority, by Order published in the Government Gazette, declare that section 545 does not apply to an amount referred to in subsection (4) of this section in respect of a specified financial year.