Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00162:section:13:p1
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Provision Reference: s 13 (pt 1/5)
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13  Rent definitions
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
amount of rent paid or payable has the meaning given by subsections (6) and (7).
board, when used in the expression board and lodging, means the provision of meals on a regular basis in connection with the provision of lodging.
Government rent means rent payable to any of the following authorities:
 (a) The Housing Commission of New South Wales;
 (b) the Director, within the meaning of the Housing Act 1983 of the State of Victoria;
 (c) The Queensland Housing Commission;
 (d) The Corporation of the Director of Aboriginal and Islanders Advancement established by a law of Queensland;
 (e) the South Australian Housing Trust;
 (f) The State Housing Commission established by a law of Western Australia;
 (g) the Director‑General of Housing and Construction holding office under a law of Tasmania;
 (h) the Northern Territory Housing Commission;
 (j) The Commissioner for Housing within the meaning of the Housing Assistance Act 1987 of the Australian Capital Territory.
Note: Rent payable by a person for living in premises in respect of which someone else pays Government rent may also be regarded as Government rent (see subsection (3AC)).
ineligible homeowner means a homeowner other than:
 (a) a person who is a homeowner by virtue of paragraph 11(4)(c); or
 (b) a person who:
 (i) is absent from the person's principal home, in relation to which the person is a homeowner; and
 (ii) is personally providing a substantial level of care in another private residence for another person who needs, or in the Secretary's opinion is likely to need, that level of care in a private residence for at least 14 consecutive days; and
 (iii) has been absent from the principal home for less than 2 years while providing care as described in subparagraph (ii); or
 (c) a person who is in a care situation but is not residing in a retirement village; or
 (d) a person who pays amounts for the use of a site for a caravan or other vehicle, or a structure, that is the person's principal home; or
 (e) a person who pays amounts for the right to moor a vessel that is the person's principal home.
Note: For approved respite care see subsection 4(9), for in a care situation see subsection 13(9), for retirement village see subsections 12(3) and (4), for homeowner see subsection 11(4) and for principal home see section 11A.
rent has the meaning given by this section.
residing in a nursing home has the meaning given by subsection (8).
 (2) Amounts are rent in relation to the person if:
 (a) the amounts are payable by the person:
 (i) as a condition of occupancy of premises, or of