Aged Care Act 2024

The secondary person‑centred supplements for an individual for a day for the classification type ongoing or short‑term for the service group residential care are:

for any classification type for the service group—the fee reduction supplement; and

any other supplement for the classification type for the service group prescribed by the rules.

The rules may prescribe, for each secondary person‑centred supplement for a classification type for the service group:

the circumstances in which the supplement will apply to an individual for a day; and

the amount of the supplement.

Without limiting subsection (2), rules made for the purposes of that subsection in relation to the fee reduction supplement may prescribe:

circumstances that include that the System Governor has made a determination about particular matters; and

that the fee reduction supplement reduces any of the following:

fees or contributions under Division 2 of Part 3 for the individual;

an accommodation payment or accommodation contribution under Part 4 of Chapter 4 for the individual; and

the method for determining the amount (if any) of the fee reduction supplement that must be applied to reduce each of the amounts mentioned in paragraph (a), including in which order to reduce the amounts; and

that the fee reduction supplement and the matters set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection may be set by a determination made by the System Governor, and that the determination may include a limited period for which the supplement is payable.

Without limiting subsection (2), the circumstances prescribed by the rules as circumstances in which the fee reduction supplement will apply to an individual for a day must include circumstances that involve financial hardship.

If a determination made by the System Governor under rules made for the purposes of subsection (2) is made in writing, the determination is not a legislative instrument.