Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGED CARE ACT 1997 - SECT 58.3C

Care recipients to whom this section applies

             (1)  This section applies to a care recipient if:

                     (a)  the care recipient is a * pre-2008 reform resident; and

                     (b)  on 19 September 2009, the care recipient did not have a dependent child; and

                     (c)  on 19 September 2009, one or more of the following requirements is met:

                              (i)  the care recipient was not receiving an * income support payment;

                             (ii)  for * entry to the residential care service in question, the care recipient had paid an * accommodation bond that was more than the amount obtained by rounding to the nearest $500.00 (rounding $250.00 upwards) an amount equal to 10 times the * basic age pension amount at the time of entry;

                            (iii)  the * daily income tested reduction in respect of the care recipient was an amount worked out under section 44-23; and

                     (d)  on 20 September 2009 and on each day since that day, the care recipient does not have a * dependent child; and

                     (e)  on 20 September 2009 and on each day since that day, one or more of the following requirements is met:

                              (i)  the care recipient is not receiving an * income support payment;

                             (ii)  if the care recipient * entered the residential care service in question before 20 September 2009--the care recipient paid an * accommodation bond for the entry that was more than the amount obtained by rounding to the nearest $500.00 (rounding $250.00 upwards) an amount equal to 10 times the * basic age pension amount at the time of entry;

                            (iii)  if the care recipient * entered the residential care service in question on or after 20 September 2009--the care recipient paid an * accommodation bond that was more than the amount obtained by rounding to the nearest $500.00 (rounding $250.00 upwards) an amount equal to 9 times the * basic age pension amount at the time of entry;

                            (iv)  the * daily income tested reduction in respect of the care recipient was an amount worked out under section 44-23.

             (2)  For the purposes of subparagraphs (1)(c)(ii), (1)(e)(ii) and (1)(e)(iii), if the care recipient has elected under subsection 57-17(1) to pay an * accommodation bond by periodic payments, the amount of the accommodation bond is taken to be what would have been payable by the care recipient in accordance with Subdivision 57-E had the care recipient paid it as a lump sum.

Standard resident contribution

             (3)  The standard resident contribution for a care recipient to whom this section applies is the greater of the following:

                     (a)  $41.61;

                     (b)  that amount as indexed on 20 September 2009, and from time to time after that date, in the same way that it would be indexed under the Social Security Act 1991 if it were an annual maximum basic rate under point 1064-B1 of that Act applying to a person who is not a member of a couple (within the meaning of that point).