Social Security Act (Cap. 318), article 93

93. (1) Subject to the provisions o f this Act, wh ere during any period a person is receiving a State Financed Residential Servi ce, such person shall pay to the Government such contribution as ma y be prescribed under sub-article (2). The Director shall calcula te the contribution payable by such res ident in terms of the provision s of this article. (2) The Minister may, with the concurrence of the Minister responsible for finance, make regulations providing for the calculation of the contribution due by residents of State Finan ced Residential Services as are speci fied by the same regulations. (3) Any contributions due in terms of the foregoing provisions of this article shall be deducted from any benefit, pension, bo nus, assistance or allowance payable under this Act. (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, where a resident of a State Financed Residential Service that is a stat e- owned hostel for the care and wel fare of persons with disabilit y referred to in article 131A is a married person whose spouse is not such a resident, and is not in receipt of a benefit, pension, b onus, assistance or allowance payable under this Act in the spouse’s own right, 60% of the rate of benefit, pension, bonus, assistance o r allowance which would have otherwise been payable to such resident shall be payable to the spouse who is not a resident: Provided that, with effect from the 5th January 2013, 70% of the rate of benefit, pension, bonus, assistance or allowance wh ich would have otherwise been payabl e to such resident. or the rate of Age Pension for a single person in a ccordance with the Sixth Schedu le, shall be payable to the spouse who is not a resident, whichever is the most beneficial. (5) Where no benefit, pension, bonus, assistance or allowance is due to a resident of a state financed residential service, a nd whether such benefit, pension, bonus, assistance or allowance i s payable under this Act or from a ny other source, or where such benefit, pension, bonus, assistan ce or allowance is less than t he amount that is due by way of a contribution, as specified in te rms of sub-article (1), the Director of the Department for the Elderly and Community Services shall be empowered to enter into a contract with such resident and, or any other party, as the case may req uire, for any contribution that may be due to Government in accordanc e with the provisions of this article. (6) Any reference in this ar ticle to any state-financed residential service is a referen ce to such service as is referr ed to in article 131(1)( a). SOCIAL SECURITY [CAP. 318. 97 Residents of state financed residential service that is a state- owned hostel for the care and welfare of persons with disability. Added by: XIV . 1988.10. Re-numbered by: XXIV . 1993.2. Revoked by; II. 2004.27. Substituted by: I. 2012.10.