Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00143:section:2:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00143
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 2 (pt 1/8)
Character Range: 158892–161777

2                                         The valuation time is at the entry time      The value of the care recipient's assets at the entry time were the value specified in the determination

57A‑7  Accommodation charge not to accrue after provision of care has ceased
 (1) An *accommodation charge for *entry to a residential care service must not accrue for any day after the provision of care to the care recipient through that residential care service ceases.

57A‑8A  Maximum amount of accommodation charge if care recipient moves between aged care services
 (1) If paragraph 57A‑2(1)(a) applies in relation to the charging of an *accommodation charge for *entry by a care recipient to an *aged care service, the maximum daily amount at which the accommodation charge accrues for the entry of the care recipient to the service is the amount set out in subsection (2) of this section.
 (2) The amount is the maximum daily amount of *accommodation charge that accrued under section 57A‑6 for entry of the care recipient to the prior service referred to in subparagraph 57A‑2(1)(a)(i).

57A‑9  Accommodation charge in cases of financial hardship
 (1) The Secretary may determine, in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, that a person:
 (a) must not be charged an *accommodation charge because payment of an accommodation charge would cause the person financial hardship; or
 (b) must not be charged an accommodation charge of more than a specified maximum daily amount because payment of more than that amount would cause the person financial hardship.
Note: Refusals to make determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.
 (2) Without limiting the circumstances that constitute financial hardship for the purposes of this section, such circumstances include any circumstances specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.
 (3) The determination ceases to be in force at the end of a specified period or on the occurrence of a specified event, if the determination so provides.
Note: Decisions to specify periods or events are reviewable under Part 6.1.
 (4) Application may be made to the Secretary, in the form approved by the Secretary, for a determination under subsection (1) that payment of an *accommodation charge, or an accommodation charge of more than a specified maximum daily amount, would cause the person financial hardship. The application may be made by:
 (a) the person; or
 (b) an approved provider to which the accommodation charge, or a larger accommodation charge, would otherwise be paid.
 (5) If the Secretary needs further information to determine the application, the Secretary may give to the applicant a notice requiring the applicant to give the further information:
 (a) within 28 days after receiving the notice; or
 (b) within such other period as is specified in the notice.
The application is taken