Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00122:section:7:p33
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00122
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7 (pt 33/61)
Character Range: 263046–265894

of the payment period.

Subdivision 44‑B—The basic subsidy amount

44‑3  The basic subsidy amount
 (1) The basic subsidy amount for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all the basic subsidy amounts for the days during the period on which the care recipient was provided with residential care through the residential care service in question.
 (2) The basic subsidy amount for a care recipient for a day is the amount:
 (a) determined by the Minister by legislative instrument; or
 (b) worked out in accordance with a method determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.
 (3) The Minister may determine different amounts (including nil amounts) based on any one or more of the following:
 (aa) the kind of residential care service through which residential care is provided to a care recipient;
 (ab) whether a care recipient provided with residential care has been classified under Part 2.4A;
 (a) the *classification levels for care recipients who have been classified under Part 2.4A;
 (b) whether the residential care being provided is *respite care;
 (ca) whether a care recipient is on *extended hospital leave;
 (e) any other matters specified in the Subsidy Principles;
 (f) any other matters determined by the Minister.
 (4) The Minister may make provision for, or in relation to, a matter by conferring a power on the Secretary.

Subdivision 44‑C—Primary supplements

44‑5  Primary supplements
 (1) The primary supplements for the care recipient are such of the following primary supplements as apply to the care recipient in respect of the *payment period:
 (a) the following primary supplements as set out in the Subsidy Principles:
 (i) the respite supplement;
 (ii) the oxygen supplement;
 (iii) the enteral feeding supplement;
 (b) any other primary supplement set out in the Subsidy Principles for the purposes of this paragraph.
 (2) The Subsidy Principles may specify, in respect of each primary supplement, the circumstances in which the supplement will apply to a care recipient in respect of a *payment period.
 (3) The Minister may determine by legislative instrument, in respect of each such supplement, the amount of the supplement, or the way in which the amount of the supplement is to be worked out.

Subdivision 44‑D—Reductions in subsidy

44‑17  Reductions in subsidy
  The reductions in subsidy for the care recipient under step 3 of the residential care subsidy calculator in section 44‑2 are such of the following reductions as apply to the care recipient in respect of the *payment period:
 (b) the compensation payment reduction (see sections 44‑20 and 44‑20A);
 (c) the care subsidy reduction (see sections 44‑21 and 44‑23).

44‑20  The compensation payment reduction
 (1) The compensation payment reduction for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum