Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00076:reg:25
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00076
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 25
Character Range: 36789–37588

25  Maximum number of days of respite care
 (1) For paragraph 44‑12(2)(c) of the Transitional Provisions Act, the number of days is:
 (a) 63; or
 (b) if the Secretary has increased the number of days under subsection (2)—the number of days as so increased (or as most recently increased).
 (2) The Secretary may increase the number of days on which a care recipient can be provided with residential care as respite care during a financial year by up to 21 if the Secretary considers that an increase in the number of days is necessary because of any of the following:
 (a) carer stress;
 (b) severity of the care recipient's condition;
 (c) absence of the care recipient's carer;
 (d) any other relevant matter.
 (3) An increase under subsection (2) may be made more than once in a financial year.