Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The accommodation supplement for the care recipient in respect of the * payment period is the sum of all the accommodation supplements for the days during the period on which:
(a) the care recipient was provided with residential care (other than * respite care) through the residential care service in question; and
(b) the care recipient was eligible for an accommodation supplement.
(2) The care recipient is eligible for an accommodation supplement on a particular day if, on that day:
(b) the care recipient is a * supported resident; and
(d) the residential care provided to the care recipient is not provided on an extra service basis for the purposes of Division 36 of the Aged Care Act 1997 .
(3) The accommodation supplement for a particular day is the amount:
(a) determined by the Minister by legislative instrument; or
(b) worked out in accordance with a method determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.
(4) The Minister may determine different amounts (including nil amounts) or methods based on any one or more of the following:
(a) the value of assets held by a care recipient;
(b) any other matter specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.