Aged Care Act 2024

A notional assistive technology account is established for the period (the account period) prescribed by the rules for an individual if an entry day for the individual occurs for the classification type ongoing or short‑term for the service group assistive technology.

Without limiting subsection (1), rules made for the purposes of that subsection may provide that the System Governor may determine the account period for the individual in accordance with the rules.

At the start of the day the account is established, the account is credited with the individual’s tier amount for the classification type for the service group for the account period.

If the account was established for the individual for the classification type ongoing for the service group, at the start of a day prescribed by the rules the amount prescribed by the rules is credited to the account.

If the account was established for the individual for the classification type short‑term for the service group, at the start of a day prescribed by the rules the amount prescribed by the rules is credited to the account.

Without limiting subsection (4A), rules made for the purposes of that subsection may provide that the System Governor may determine the amount for the individual in accordance with the rules.

If a primary person‑centred supplement for the classification type for the service group applies to the individual on the day the account is established, the account is credited with the amount of that primary person‑centred supplement for the individual for the account period.

If a claim is made under section 251 for person‑centred subsidy for the delivery of an ongoing or short‑term funded aged care service through the service group to the individual on a day in the account period, the account is debited in accordance with section 251B immediately after the claim is approved under subsection 251(4).

At the end of the account period the account ceases.