Aged Care (Residential care subsidy — amount of concessional resident supplement) Determination 2009 (No. 1)¹
Aged Care Act 1997
I, JUSTINE ELLIOT, Minister for Ageing, make this Determination under subsection 44-6 (4) of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated 17 March 2009
JUSTINE ELLIOT
Minister for Ageing
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Aged Care (Residential care subsidy — amount of concessional resident supplement) Determination 2009 (No. 1). This Determination may also be cited as ACA Ch. 3 No. 3/2009.
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on 20 March 2009.
3 Revocation
The Aged Care (Residential care subsidy – amount of concessional resident supplement) Determination 2008 (No. 2) made by the Minister on 19 September 2008, also known as ACA Ch. 3 No. 24/2008, 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 — $18.39; and
(ii) in any other case — $12.03; and
(b) for a care recipient who is an assisted resident — $7.57
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.fr1i.gov.au.
