Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGED CARE ACT 1997 - SECT 44.32

             (1)  The resident contribution top up supplement for the care recipient in respect of the * payment period is the sum of all the resident contribution top up supplements for the days during the period on which:

                     (a)  the care recipient was provided with residential care through the residential care service in question; and

                     (b)  the care recipient was eligible for a resident contribution top up supplement.

             (2)  The care recipient is eligible for a resident contribution top up supplement on a particular day if the care recipient is a * phased resident on that day.

             (3)  The resident contribution top up supplement for the care recipient for a particular day is an amount equal to the difference between:

                     (a)  the amount that is the standard resident contribution for a care recipient for that day under subsection 58-3(1); and

                     (b)  the amount that is the standard resident contribution for a * phased resident for that day under subsection 58-4(4).