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Aged Care (Residential care subsidy - amount of charge exempt resident supplement) Determination 2008

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Aged Care (Residential care subsidy — amount of charge exempt resident supplement) Determination 20081
Aged Care Act 1997
I, JUSTINE ELLIOT, Minister for Ageing, make this Determination under paragraph 44‑8A (3) (b) of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated 17 March 2008
JUSTINE ELLIOT
Minister for Ageing
  
  
1              Name of Determination
                This Determination is the Aged Care (Residential care subsidy — amount of charge exempt resident supplement) Determination 2008.
2              Commencement
                This Determination commences on 20 March 2008.
3              Revocation
                The Determination made by the Minister on 29 June 2007 (ACA Ch. 3 No. 8/2007) under paragraph 44‑8A (3) (b) of the Act is revoked.
4              Definitions
                In this Determination:
accommodation supplement means an amount payable for a care recipient under subsection 44‑5A (3) of the Act.
Act means the Aged Care Act 1997.
applicable maximum rate has the meaning given by step 1 in section 4 of the Aged Care (Residential care subsidy — amount of accommodation supplement) Determination 2008.
concessional resident supplement means an amount payable for a care recipient under subsection 44‑6 (4) of the Act.
5              Amount of charge exempt resident supplement
                For paragraph 44‑8A (3) (b) of the Act, the charge exempt resident supplement for a day is:
                (a)    for a care recipient who is a pre‑2008 reform resident — the maximum rate of concessional resident supplement less the actual amount of concessional resident supplement payable for the care recipient for the day; or
               (b)    in any other case — the applicable maximum rate of accommodation supplement for the care recipient on the day less the actual amount of accommodation supplement payable for the care recipient for the day.
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.frli.gov.au.