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(cb) the amounts of those accommodation payments and accommodation contributions paid as *refundable deposits and *daily payments; and
 (d) the amounts of *accommodation bonds and *accommodation charges charged; and
 (e) the duration of waiting periods for entry to residential care; and
 (f) the extent of building, upgrading and refurbishment of aged care facilities;
but is not limited to information about those matters.

Chapter 5—Grants

Division 69—Introduction

69‑1  What this Chapter is about

      The Commonwealth makes grants to contribute to costs associated with the establishment or enhancement of *aged care services and with support services related to the provision of aged care. These grants are:
         • *residential care grants (see Part 5.1);
         • *advocacy grants (see Part 5.5);
         • *community visitors grants (see Part 5.6);
         • other grants (see Part 5.7).
      Grants are (in most cases) payable under agreements with the recipients of the grants, and may be subject to conditions.

Part 5.1—Residential care grants

Division 70—Introduction

70‑1  What this Part is about
      The Commonwealth makes *residential care grants to contribute towards the *capital works costs associated with some projects undertaken by approved providers to establish residential care services or to enhance their capacity to provide residential care.

Table of Divisions
70 Introduction
71 How do people apply for allocations of residential care grants?
72 How are residential care grants allocated?
73 On what basis are residential care grants paid?
74 How much is a residential care grant?

70‑2  The Grant Principles
  *Residential care grants are also dealt with in the Grant Principles. Provisions in this Part indicate when a particular matter is or may be dealt with in these Principles.
Note: The Grant Principles are made by the Minister under section 96‑1.

70‑3  Meaning of capital works costs
 (1) The capital works costs relating to residential care include, but are not limited to, the following:
 (a) the cost of acquiring land on which are, or are to be built, the premises needed for providing that care;
 (b) the cost of acquiring, erecting, altering or extending those premises;
 (c) the cost of acquiring furniture, fittings or equipment for those premises;
 (d) the cost of altering or installing furniture, fittings or equipment on those premises.
 (2) However, if:
 (a) those premises are, or will be, part of larger premises; and
 (b) another part of the larger premises is not, or will not be, connected with the provision of residential care;
any costs that the Secretary is satisfied are attributable to the other part of the larger premises are taken not to be capital works costs relating to the residential care in question.

Division 71—How do people apply for allocations of residential care grants?

71‑1  Applications for residential care grants
  A person may