Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00092:reg:64zp:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00092
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 64ZP (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 99540–102207

64ZP  Amount of accommodation supplement
 (1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 44‑28(4) of the Act.
Note: Subdivision A of Division 5 of Part 3 of Chapter 2 of the Subsidy Principles 2014 also deals with the accommodation supplement.
 (2) Subject to subsections (4), (5) and (6), the amount of the accommodation supplement for a day for a care recipient provided with residential care as non‑respite care through a residential care service is:
 (a) if the residential care percentage for the service for the payment period in which the day occurs is 40% or more—the applicable amount for the day for the recipient; or
 (b) otherwise—the amount worked out by reducing the applicable amount for the day for the recipient by 25%.

Residential care percentage
 (3) The residential care percentage for a residential care service for a payment period is worked out using the following formula:

  where:
care for all residents means the total number of days, in the payment period, on which the residential care service provided residential care as non‑respite care to each care recipient:
 (a) who is approved under Part 2.3 of the Act as a recipient of that kind of care; and
 (b) who is not an excluded resident.
care for relevant residents means the total number of days, in the payment period, on which the residential care service provided residential care as non‑respite care to each care recipient:
 (a) who is approved under Part 2.3 of the Act as a recipient of that kind of care; and
 (b) who is a relevant resident; and
 (c) who is not an excluded resident.
excluded resident: a care recipient is an excluded resident if both of the following apply in relation to the recipient:
 (a) the recipient is provided with residential care as non‑respite care on an extra service basis (within the meaning of subsection 36‑1(1) of the Act) on a day;
 (b) a determination is not in force under section 52K‑1 of the Act in relation to the recipient on the day.
relevant resident means each of the following:
 (a) a care recipient who is eligible for a concessional resident supplement for a day under section 44‑6 of the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997;
 (b) a supported resident (within the meaning of that Act);
 (c) a low‑means care recipient (within the meaning of the Subsidy Principles 2014).

Reduced amount—means tested amount for the care recipient
 (4) If the means tested amount for the care recipient on the day is equal to, or more than, the amount of the accommodation supplement that would, apart from this subsection, apply under subsection (2) for the day for the recipient, then the amount of the accommodation supplement