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Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018

Means assessment

31: Types of means assessment

You could also call this:

"How your money and belongings are checked for care and support"

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When you have a means assessment, it happens in two stages. You have an assets assessment, which looks at what you own. If needed, you also have an income assessment, which looks at how much money you get.

You can find more information about this by looking at the relevant laws from 1964. These laws are also related to other parts of the legislation. This is all part of the Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018.

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Part 6Means assessment

31Types of means assessment

  1. This Act provides for 2 stages of a means assessment, as follows:

  2. an assets assessment:
    1. if required, an income assessment.

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