Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00071:reg:44
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00071
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 44
Character Range: 54844–56094

44  Excluded amounts—rent receipts
 (1) For a care recipient for whom a daily accommodation contribution or a daily accommodation payment is payable, the amount of any income received by the care recipient, or the care recipient's partner, from rental of the care recipient's principal home to another person is an excluded amount.
Note 1: Paragraph 8(8)(znaa) of the Social Security Act and paragraph 5H(8)(nf) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act describe how, for the purposes of each Act, income is defined for a person who is accruing a liability to pay a daily accommodation payment or a daily accommodation contribution.
Note 2: Subsection 5L(6A) of the Veterans' Entitlements Act describes how, for the purposes of that Act, assets are defined for a person who is accruing a liability to pay a daily accommodation payment or a daily accommodation contribution.
 (2) Subject to subsection (3), this section only applies to care recipients who first entered residential care on or before 31 December 2015.
 (3) This section does not apply if the care recipient re‑entered residential care after 31 December 2015, having previously ceased residential care for a continuous period of more than 28 days (other than because the person was on leave).