Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGED CARE (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1997 - SECT 58.3

General rule

  (1)   The standard resident contribution for a care recipient is the amount obtained by rounding down to the nearest cent an amount equal to 85% of the * basic age pension amount (worked out on a per day basis).

Exceptions

  (2)   However, the standard resident contribution for a care recipient who is:

  (a)   a * protected resident; or

  (b)   a care recipient to whom section   58 - 3C applies;

is the amount referred to in subsection   58 - 3B(3) or 58 - 3C(3) (as the case requires).