Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01106:schedule:2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01106
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 2
Character Range: 35182–36268

Schedule 2—Rating method
                (section 2.3)
STEP 1
  If a medical practitioner has certified that the care receiver is in the terminal phase of a terminal illness and is not expected to live for more than 3 months, add a value of 30 to the professional questionnaire component of the total final score.
  No further steps are relevant where the relevant qualification provisions of the Act state that the final total score to qualify for carer payment or carer allowance is 30 or less.
STEP 2
 (1) Calculate a score for each question in the claimant questionnaire of the Adult Disability Assessment Tool set out in Part 2 of this instrument.  If a claimant has marked more than 1 answer to any question in division A, B or C, accept only the answer which gives the highest score.
 (2) Calculate the total score for each division by adding the score for each answer in that division.
 (3) Calculate the total claimant questionnaire score by adding the total score from each division of the Adult Disability Assessment Tool.

       Division A

Question  Answer  Value  Score