Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination 2005 (No. 3)
I, JULIE BISHOP, Minister for Ageing, make this Determination under subsection 44-29 (8) of the Aged Care Act 1997. Dated  29 th August                      2005 Julie Bishop Minister for Ageing
      1              Name of Determination                 This Determination is the Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination 2005 (No. 3). 2              Commencement                 This Determination is taken to have commenced as follows:                 (a)    on 1 January 2005 —sections 1 to 3 and Schedule 1;                (b)    on 1 July 2005 — section 4 and Schedule 2. 3              Amendment of Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination 2005 (No. 1)                 Schedule 1 amends the Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination 2005 (No. 1). 4              Amendment of Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination 2005 (No. 2)          (1)   Schedule 2 amends the Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination 2005 (No. 2).          (2)   The Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination 2005 (No. 1) is taken to be revived in consequence of the amendment of the Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination 2005 (No. 2).
Schedule 1        Amendment of Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination 2005 (No. 1) (section 3)    [1]           Section 7 substitute 7              Amount of viability supplement for care recipient — 2005 scheme services                 Subject to sections 8 and 9, for a care recipient to whom residential care is provided through a 2005 scheme service on a day, the amount of viability supplement for the day is the amount mentioned in the item in the following table for the score attained by the service on the day under the scoring system set out in the table in subsection 21.35C (1) of the Principles.  
Item
Score
Amount ($)
1
50
2.00
2
55
3.00
3
60
4.50
4
65
5.50
5
70
8.00
6
75
10.00
7
80
12.50
8
85
15.00
9
90
17.50
10
95
19.50
11
100
22.00
8              Safety net — former 1997 scheme service          (1)   This section applies in relation to a residential care service that, because of subsection 21.35C (3) of the Principles, is a 2005 scheme service if, on a day, the amount of viability supplement payable under this Determination for the day in respect of a care recipient to whom care is provided through the service as a 2005 scheme service is less than the amount of viability supplement payable in respect of the care recipient for the day if the service were treated as a 1997 scheme service.          (2)   For a care recipient to whom residential care is provided through the service on the day, the amount of viability supplement for the day is the amount of viability supplement payable in respect of the care recipient for the day if the service were treated as a 1997 scheme service. 9              Safety net — former 2001 scheme service          (1)   This section applies in relation to a residential care service that, because of subsection 21.35C (4) of the Principles, is a 2005 scheme service if, on a day, the amount of viability supplement payable under this Determination for the day in respect of a care recipient to whom care is provided through the service as a 2005 scheme service is less than the amount of viability supplement payable in respect of the care recipient for the day if the service were treated as a 2001 scheme service.          (2)   For a care recipient to whom residential care is provided through the service on the day, the amount of viability supplement for the day is the amount of viability supplement payable in respect of the care recipient for the day if the service were treated as a 2001 scheme service. Schedule 2        Amendments of Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination 2005 (No. 2) (section 4)    [1]           Section 3 substitute 3              Revocation of previous determination                 The Aged Care (Residential Care Subsidy — Amount of Viability Supplement) Determination 2005 (No. 1) is revoked. [2]           After section 7 insert 8              Safety net — former 1997 or 2001 scheme service          (1)   This section applies in relation to a residential care service that, because of subsection 21.35C (3) or (4) of the Principles, is a 2005 scheme service if, on a day, the score attained by the service on the day under the scoring system set out in the table in subsection 21.35C (1) of the Principles is 40 or 45.          (2)   For a care recipient to whom residential care is provided through the service on the day, the amount of viability supplement is $1.28.