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or former member; or
                 (ii) an amount equal to the amount of residential care subsidy that would be payable if the member or former member was in Australia for the same period (not exceeding 63 days in a financial year), plus any daily care fee that the Commission would have accepted responsibility for if the member or former member was in Australia.

       Note (1): Subject to the Principles, the Commission will not accept financial responsibility for medical or allied‑health treatment applied to an injury or disease of a member or former member that is not a service injury or a service disease.

       Note (2): By virtue of Part 10 of the Principles the Commission, in the first instance, rather than the Commonwealth, accepts financial responsibility for the provision of residential care and residential care (respite) under the Aged Care Act 1997 to entitled persons.

       Note (3): the daily care fee is the amount worked out under s.52C‑3 of the Aged Care Act 1997

    (d) in the case of residential care (respite), the cost of that care (as worked out under paragraph (c)) for only a maximum of 63 days in any Financial year.

      Note (1): the intention is that the Commission will not accept any further financial responsibility for residential care (respite) provided to the member/former member in a financial year where in that year the person had already been provided residential care (respite) for 63 days.

2.2.5 Notwithstanding paragraphs 2.2.2 or 2.2.3, the Commission will not be responsible for treatment costs incurred by any person who travels overseas from Australia where a significant reason for that travel is to obtain treatment or rehabilitation appliances.

 No Overseas MRCA Home Care

2.2.8  The Commission will not accept financial liability for the provision overseas of treatment under the MRCA Home Care Program.

2.3 Treatment of associated non‑service injury or disease injuries or diseases
2.3.1 Subject to these Principles, the Commission will provide, arrange, or accept financial responsibility for treatment of an injury or disease that is not a service injury or a service disease to the extent that it is a necessary part of treatment for a service injury or service disease.

2.6 Referrals by the Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service
2.6.1 The Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service may refer its clients who are members to other counselling services.

2.6.2 The Commission will accept financial responsibility for counselling referred under paragraph 2.6.1 only where that referral is in accordance with guidelines prepared by the Commission.
Note: The guidelines are prepared by the Commission after, and subject to, consideration of advice from the National Advisory Committee on the Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service.

2.7A—TRCP treatment (Training, Research, Communication‑improvement, Policy Development