89CExemption for long-term hospital patients

1. A liable person is eligible for an exemption from the payment of financial support for the whole, or part, of a long-term period of hospitalisation of that person if—

2. the person's income for that whole period, or that part, will be or was nil, or will be or was calculated only from income consisting solely of—
   1. income from investments; or
   2. a social security benefit payable to the person at the rate specified in Part 12 of Schedule 4 of the Social Security Act 2018 as payable to long-term hospital patients or an equivalent benefit in an overseas jurisdiction; and
3. the person's income from investments (if any) during that whole period, or that part, did not or will not—
   1. exceed an average amount per week in that whole period, or that part, that is equal to the relevant minimum annual rate of financial support, divided by 52; and
   2. if that whole period, or that part, is 1 or more full child support years in duration, exceed, in a child support year in that whole period or that part, the relevant minimum annual rate of financial support; and
4. the person applies for the exemption in accordance with section 89H.

5. For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), a liable person's income during a period of long-term hospitalisation does not include any amounts received by the person during that hospitalisation for, or in respect of, any time up to and including the day on which the period of hospitalisation began.

6. This section is subject to sections 89F and 89G.