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person's rate of residential care allowance.

Members of couples

"42-DAAA7.(l) If a person is a member of a couple and the person's partner also receives disability pension, add the couple's disability pensions (on a yearly basis) and divide by 2 to work out the amount of the disability pension income of each of them for the purposes of this Module.

Note: For disability pension see section 5N. For member of a couple see subsection 5E(1).

"(2) If a person is a member of an illness separated couple or a respite care couple, any amount that the person's partner pays or is liable to pay in respect of the accommodation of the person is to be treated as paid or payable by the person.

    Note: For member of an illness separated couple and member of a respite care couple see subsections 5R(5) and (6).

SCHEDULE 1—continued

Person's residential care allowance free area

"42-DAAA8. A person's residential care allowance free area is worked out using Table DAAA-2. Work out which family situation in Table DAAA-2 applies to the person. The residential care allowance free area is the corresponding amount in column 3 plus an additional corresponding amount in column 5 for each dependent child of the person.
TABLE DAAA-2
RESIDENTIAL CARE ALLOWANCE FREE AREA
column 1                              column 2     column 3       column 4    column 5       column 6
                                                                  basic free  additional     additional
                                      category of  basic free     area per    free area per  free area per
item                                  person       area per year  fortnight   year           fortnight
1.                                    Not member   $2,444         $94         $624           $24
                                      of a couple
2.                                    Partnered    $2,132         $82         $312           $12

Note 1: For member of a couple and partnered see section 5E.
Note 2: For dependent child see section 5F.
    Note 3: Item 2 of Table DAAA-2 applies to members of illness separated couples and respite care couples.
Note 4: The basic free area is adjusted annually (see section 59GAA).

No additional free area for certain prescribed student children

"42-DAAA9. No additional free area is to be added for a dependent child who:

(a) has reached the age of 18 years; and

(b) is a prescribed student child;

unless the person whose rate is being calculated, or the person's partner, receives child disability allowance under the Social Security Act for the child.

Reduction of additional free area for dependent children

"42-DAAA 10.(1) The additional free area for a dependent child of a person to whom item 1 in Table DAAA-2 applies is reduced by the annual amount of any payment received by the person for or in respect of that particular child.

"(2) The additional free area for a dependent child of a person to whom item 2 in Table DAAA-2 applies is reduced by one-half