Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866:section:5n:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00866
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5N (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 183454–186137

5N  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) New South Wales Land and Housing Corporation;
 (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;
 (i) The Commissioner for Housing within the meaning of the Housing Assistance Act 1987 of the Australian Capital Territory.
Note 1: Subsection (5) deals with the situation when the name of an authority is altered.
Note 2: 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 (4)).
ineligible property owner means a property owner other than:
 (a) a person who is a property owner by virtue of paragraph 5L(4)(c); or
 (c) a person who:
 (i) is absent from the person's principal home, in relation to which the person is a property owner; and
 (ii) is in a care situation but is not residing in a retirement village; or
 (ca) a person who:
 (i) is absent from the person's principal home, in relation to which the person is a property owner; and
 (ii) is personally providing community‑based care for another person; 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 retirement village see subsections 5M(3) and (4), for property owner see subsection 5L(4), for principal home see section 5LA, for personally providing community‑based care, see subsection 5NC(4), for in a care situation see subsection 5NC(2).
rent has the meaning given by this section.
residential care charge means an amount paid by, or on behalf of, a person to an approved provider (within the meaning of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018) for the provision of care to the person, but does not include an accommodation bond (within the meaning of the Aged