Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00838:reg:39
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00838
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 39
Character Range: 60170–61414

39  Meaning of essential expenses
 (1) Essential expenses, in relation to a person, include expenditure on any of the following:
 (a) resident fees;
 (b) if the person has a partner or dependent child living at the person's principal home—rent or mortgage payments for the principal home;
 (c) private health insurance;
 (d) ambulance cover;
 (e) medical expenses including expenses incurred under a health professional's direction;
 (f) transport costs to attend medical appointments;
 (g) dental care;
 (h) prescription glasses (one pair per year) or contact lenses;
 (i) artificial limbs, eyes or hearing aids for amounts that are not already covered by other government schemes or programs;
 (j) wheelchair or mobility aids;
 (k) if the person is paying a funeral plan on a periodic basis—the funeral plan.
 (2) However, essential expenses, in relation to a person, do not include expenditure on any of the following:
 (a) extra service fees for a place in a residential care service that has extra service status;
 (b) amounts paid for additional care and services agreed as mentioned in paragraph 56‑1(e) of the Act;
 (c) amounts spent by someone else, authorised to act on the person's behalf, other than for the benefit of the person.