Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Concessional Resident Supplement) Determination 2013 (No. 1)¹
Aged Care Act 1997
I, MARK BUTLER, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, make this Determination under subsection 44-6(4) of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated 12th March 2013
MARK BUTLER
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Concessional Resident Supplement) Determination 2013 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on 20 March 2013.
3 Revocation
The Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy – Amount of Concessional Resident Supplement) Determination 2012 (No.2) made by the Minister on
11 September 2012, also known as F2012L01886, is revoked.
4 Definitions
In this Determination:
Act means the Aged Care Act 1997.
new resident has the meaning given by section 21.11B of the Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997.
relevant residential care service, for a care recipient who is a concessional resident, means the residential care service that provides residential care (other than respite care) to the care recipient on a day.
5 Amount of concessional resident supplement
For subsection 44-6(4) of the Act, the amount of concessional resident supplement for a day is:
(a) for a care recipient who is a concessional resident:
(i) if, on the day, more than 40% of the new residents to whom the relevant residential care service provides residential care (other than respite care) are supported residents, concessional residents or assisted residents — $20.35; and
(ii) in any other case — $13.31; and
(b) for a care recipient who is an assisted resident — $8.38.
Note
1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.comlaw.gov.au.