Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An agreement between an approved provider and a person proposing to * enter, or having entered, as a care recipient to a residential care service through which the approved provider provides care is an accommodation charge agreement if it sets out the following:
(a) the amount of the * accommodation charge that:
(i) will accrue for each day (including a day on which the care recipient is on * leave from the residential care service) if the care recipient enters the service; or
(ii) if the care recipient has already entered the residential care service--has accrued and will accrue for each day (including a day on which the care recipient is on * leave from the service);
(b) the care recipient's proposed date of entry, or date of entry, to the residential care service;
(c) how the accommodation charge is to be paid;
(d) the time or times when the accommodation charge is payable;
(e) whether agreeing to pay the accommodation charge entitles the care recipient to specific accommodation or additional services within the residential care service;
(f) any financial hardship provisions that apply to the care recipient;
(g) such other matters as are specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.
(2) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may specify, but are not limited to, matters relating to the following:
(a) the specific entitlements of care recipients arising from entering into an * accommodation charge agreement;
(b) the provision of information to third parties about accommodation charges and related matters;
(c) a care recipient's obligations;
(d) alleviating financial hardship.