Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00170:clause:3_149:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00170
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 149 (pt 2/18)
Character Range: 116602–119327

must be refunded in accordance with the Fees and Payments Principles.

52C‑3  Maximum daily amount of resident fees
 (1) The maximum daily amount of resident fees payable by the care recipient is the amount worked out as follows:

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           Step 1. Work out the *standard resident contribution for the care recipient using section 52C‑4.
           Step 2. Add the compensation payment fee (if any) for the care recipient for the day in question (see subsection (2)).
           Step 3. Add the means tested care fee (if any) for the care recipient for that day (see subsection (3)).
           Step 4. Subtract the amount of any hardship supplement applicable to the care recipient for the day in question under section 44‑30.
           Step 5. Add any other amounts agreed between the care recipient and the approved provider in accordance with the Fees and Payments Principles.
           Step 6. If, on the day in question, the *place in respect of which residential care is provided to the care recipient has *extra service status, add the extra service fee in respect of the place.
      The result is the maximum daily amount of resident fees for the care recipient.
 (2) The compensation payment fee for a care recipient for a particular day is the amount equal to the compensation payment reduction applicable to the care recipient on that day (see sections 44‑20 and 44‑20A).
 (3) The means tested care fee for a care recipient for a particular day is:
 (a) the amount equal to the care subsidy reduction applicable to the care recipient on that day (see sections 44‑21 and 44‑23); or
 (b) if the care recipient is receiving respite care—zero.

52C‑4  The standard resident contribution
  The standard resident contribution for a care recipient is:
 (a) the amount determined by the Minister by legislative instrument; or
 (b) if no amount is determined under paragraph (a) for the care recipient—the amount obtained by rounding down to the nearest cent the amount equal to 85% of the *basic age pension amount (worked out on a per day basis).

52C‑5  Maximum daily amount of resident fees for reserving a place
  If:
 (a) a care recipient is absent from a residential care service on a particular day; and
 (b) the person is not on *leave from the residential care service on that day because of the operation of paragraph 42‑2(3)(c);
the maximum fee in respect of a day that can be charged for reserving a place in the residential care service for that day is the sum of the following amounts:
 (c) the maximum daily amount under section 52C‑3 that would have been payable by the care recipient if the care recipient had been provided with residential care through the residential