Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThe responsibilities relating to resident fees charged for, or in connection with, the provision to a care recipient of care and services that it is the approved provider's responsibility under paragraph 54 - 1(1)(a) of the Aged Care Act 1997 to provide, are as follows:
(a) subject to section 58 - 6, the resident fee in respect of any day must not exceed the sum of:
(i) the maximum daily amount set under section 58 - 2; and
(ii) such other amounts as are specified in, or worked out in accordance with, the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles;
(b) the care recipient must not be required to pay resident fees more than one month in advance;
(c) the care recipient must not be required to pay resident fees for any period prior to * entry to the residential care service, other than for a period in which the care recipient is, because of subsection 42 - 3(3), taken to be on * leave under section 42 - 2;
(d) if the care recipient dies or departs from the service--any fees paid in advance in respect of a period occurring after the care recipient dies or leaves must be refunded in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.