Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00143:section:10:p36
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00143
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10 (pt 36/50)
Character Range: 99081–101860

has effect on 19 September 2009.

Subdivision 44‑F—Other supplements

44‑27  Other supplements
 (1) The other supplements for the care recipient under step 5 of the residential care subsidy calculator in section 44‑2 are such of the following supplements as apply to the care recipient in respect of the *payment period:
 (a) the pensioner supplement (see section 44‑28);
 (c) the hardship supplement (see section 44‑30);
 (e) any other supplement set out in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles for the purposes of this paragraph.
Note: The supplements under this Subdivision are not taken into account in applying the income test under Subdivision 44‑E. (The supplements under Subdivision 44‑C are taken into account in applying the income test.)
 (2) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may specify, in respect of each other supplement set out for the purposes of paragraph (1)(e), 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.

44‑28  The pensioner supplement
 (1) The pensioner supplement for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all the pensioner 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 pensioner supplement.
 (2) Subject to subsections (3), (5) and (6), the care recipient is eligible for a pensioner supplement on a particular day if:
 (a) the care recipient is a *pre‑2008 reform resident; and
 (b) if the day falls before 20 March 2008—on that particular day any of the following apply to the care recipient:
 (i) the care recipient was receiving an *income support payment;
 (ii) the care recipient had a *dependent child;
 (iii) the care recipient was provided with *respite care;
 (iv) the care recipient was included in a class of people specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles; and
 (c) if the day falls on or after 20 March 2008—on that particular day any of the following apply to the care recipient:
 (i) the care recipient was receiving an income support payment;
 (ii) the care recipient had a dependent child;
 (iii) the care recipient was included in a class of people specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.
 (3) The care recipient is not eligible for a pensioner supplement on a particular day if:
 (a) an *accommodation bond was paid, or agreed to be paid, by the care recipient for *entry to the residential care service;