Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00076:reg:126
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00076
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 126
Character Range: 170766–171787

126  Additional amount for residential care service in remote area
 (1) For subparagraph 58‑1(a)(ii) of the Transitional Provisions Act, this section specifies an amount that may be added to the maximum daily amount of resident fees for residential care provided through a residential care service that is located in a remote area.
 (2) The additional amount is the amount worked out in accordance with the following formula:
where:
remote area amount means the amount referred to in column 4 (basic allowance per fortnight) of table item 1 (person whose family situation is not a member of a couple) of Table H—Remote area allowance set out in section 1064‑H2 of the Social Security Act.
Note 1: Remote area is defined in section 4.
Note 2: The amount worked out using the formula is an amount equal to 85% of the daily equivalent of the fortnightly amount of remote area allowance at the rate in force immediately before the commencement of the A New Tax System (Compensation Measures Legislation Amendment) Act 1999.