Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104:section:231
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 231
Character Range: 392173–394018

231  Secondary person‑centred supplements
 (1) The secondary person‑centred supplements for an individual for a day for the classification type ongoing or short‑term for the service group residential care are:
 (a) for any classification type for the service group—the fee reduction supplement; and
 (b) any other supplement for the classification type for the service group prescribed by the rules.
 (2) The rules may prescribe, for each secondary person‑centred supplement for a classification type for the service group:
 (a) the circumstances in which the supplement will apply to an individual for a day; and
 (b) the amount of the supplement.
 (3) Without limiting subsection (2), rules made for the purposes of that subsection in relation to the fee reduction supplement may prescribe:
 (a) that the fee reduction supplement reduces any of the following:
 (i) fees or contributions under Division 2 of Part 3 for the individual;
 (ii) an accommodation payment or accommodation contribution under Part 4 of Chapter 4 for the individual; and
 (b) the method for determining the amount (if any) of the fee reduction supplement that must be applied to reduce each of the amounts mentioned in paragraph (a), including in which order to reduce the amounts; and
 (c) that the fee reduction supplement and the matters set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection may be set by a determination made by the System Governor, and that the determination may include a limited period for which the supplement is payable.
 (4) Without limiting subsection (2), the circumstances prescribed by the rules as circumstances in which the fee reduction supplement will apply to an individual for a day must include circumstances that involve financial hardship.

Subdivision B—Reduction amounts for person‑centred subsidy for ongoing residential care