Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00122:section:7:p47
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00122
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7 (pt 47/61)
Character Range: 297515–300281

the residential care provided to the care recipient is not provided on an extra service basis; and
 (b) on the day (the entry day) on which the care recipient entered the residential care service, the care recipient's means tested amount was less than the maximum accommodation supplement amount for the entry day.
 (3) The care recipient is also eligible for *accommodation supplement on a particular day if, on that day, a *financial hardship determination under section 52K‑1 is in force for the person.
 (4) The *accommodation supplement for a particular 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.
 (5) The Minister may determine different amounts (including nil amounts) or methods based on any one or more of the following:
 (a) the income of a care recipient;
 (b) the value of assets held by a care recipient;
 (c) the status of the building in which the residential care service is provided;
 (d) any other matter specified in the Subsidy Principles.

44‑30  The hardship supplement
 (1) The hardship supplement for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all the hardship supplements for the days during the period on which:
 (a) the care recipient was provided with residential care through the residential care service in question; and
 (b) the care recipient was eligible for a hardship supplement.
 (2) The care recipient is eligible for a hardship supplement on a particular day if:
 (a) the Subsidy Principles specify one or more classes of care recipients to be care recipients for whom paying a daily amount of resident fees of more than the amount specified in the Principles would cause financial hardship; and
 (b) on that day, the care recipient is included in such a class.
The specified amount may be nil.
 (3) The care recipient is also eligible for a hardship supplement on a particular day if a determination is in force under section 44‑31 in relation to the care recipient.
 (5) The hardship supplement for a particular 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.
 (6) The Minister may determine different amounts (including nil amounts) or methods based on any matters determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

44‑31  Determining cases of financial hardship
 (1) The Secretary may, in accordance with the Subsidy Principles, determine that the care recipient is eligible for a hardship supplement if the Secretary is satisfied that paying a daily amount of resident fees of more than the amount specified in the determination