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Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

No. 223, 1997

Compilation No. 15

Compilation date: 1 October 2022

Includes amendments up to: Act No. 34, 2022

Registered: 10 October 2022

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 October 2022 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Editorial changes

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Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Selfrepealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

 

 

 

Contents

Chapter 1—Introduction

Division 1—Preliminary matters

11 Short title

12 Commencement

12A Act applies to continuing care recipients

13 Identifying defined terms

14 Tables of Divisions and Subdivisions do not form part of this Act

Division 2—Objects

21 The objects of this Act

Division 3—Overview of this Act

31 General

32 Preliminary matters relating to subsidies

33 Subsidies (Chapter 3)

34 Responsibilities of approved providers

35 Grants

Division 4—Application of this Act

41 Application of this Act

42 Binding the Crown

Chapter 3—Subsidies

Division 40—Introduction

401 What this Chapter is about

Part 3.1—Residential care subsidy

Division 41—Introduction

411 What this Part is about

412 Residential care subsidy also dealt with in Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles

413 Meaning of residential care

Division 42—Who is eligible for residential care subsidy?

421 Eligibility for residential care subsidy

422 Leave from residential care services

423 Working out periods of leave

427 Exceeding the number of places for which there is an allocation

428 Notice of refusal to pay residential care subsidy

Division 43—How is residential care subsidy paid?

431 Payment of residential care subsidy

432 Meaning of payment period

433 Advances

434 Claims for residential care subsidy

434A Variations of claims for residential care subsidy

435 Deductions for fees

436 Capital repayment deductions

439 Recovery of overpayments

Division 44—What is the amount of residential care subsidy?

441 What this Division is about

Subdivision 44A—Working out the amount of residential care subsidy

442 Amount of residential care subsidy

Subdivision 44B—The basic subsidy amount

443 The basic subsidy amount

Subdivision 44C—Primary supplements

445 Primary supplements

445A The accommodation supplement

445B Meaning of supported resident

445C Meaning of post2008 reform resident

445D Meaning of pre2008 reform resident

445E Meaning of preentry leave

446 The concessional resident supplement

447 Meaning of concessional resident

448 Meaning of assisted resident

448AA Determinations for sections 447 and 448

448AB Determination of value of person’s assets

449 Person taken not to be a supported resident, a concessional resident or an assisted resident if asset information not provided

4410 How to work out the value of a person’s assets

4411 Definitions relating to supported residents, concessional residents and assisted residents

4412 The respite supplement

4413 The oxygen supplement

4414 The enteral feeding supplement

4415 Requests for further information

4416 Additional primary supplements

Subdivision 44D—Reductions in subsidy

4417 Reductions in subsidy

4418 The extra service reduction

4420 The compensation payment reduction

Subdivision 44E—The income test

4421 The income test

4422 Daily income tested reduction taken to be zero in some circumstances

4423 Effect on daily income tested reduction of failure to give requested information

4424 The care recipient’s total assessable income

4426 The care recipient’s total assessable income free area

Subdivision 44F—Other supplements

4427 Other supplements

4428 The pensioner supplement

4430 The hardship supplement

4431 Determining cases of financial hardship

Part 3.2—Home care subsidy

Division 45—Introduction

451 What this Part is about

452 Home care subsidy also dealt with in Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles

453 Meaning of home care

Division 46—Who is eligible for home care subsidy?

461 Eligibility for home care subsidy

462 Suspension of home care services

464 Notice of refusal to pay home care subsidy

Division 47—On what basis is home care subsidy paid?

471 Payability of home care subsidy

472 Meaning of payment period

474 Claims for home care subsidy

474A Variations of claims for home care subsidy

475 Recovery of overpayments

Division 48—What is the amount of home care subsidy?

481 Amount of home care subsidy

Part 3.3—Flexible care subsidy

Division 49—Introduction

491 What this Part is about

492 Flexible care subsidy also dealt with in Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles

493 Meaning of flexible care

Division 50—Who is eligible for flexible care subsidy?

501 Eligibility for flexible care subsidy

502 Kinds of care for which flexible care subsidy may be payable

503 Exceeding the number of places for which there is an allocation

504 Notice of refusal to pay flexible care subsidy

Division 51—On what basis is flexible care subsidy paid?

511 Payment of flexible care subsidy

Division 52—What is the amount of flexible care subsidy?

521 Amounts of flexible care subsidy

Chapter 4—Responsibilities of approved providers

Part 4.2—User rights

Division 57—What are the responsibilities relating to accommodation bonds?

571 What this Division is about

Subdivision 57A—The basic rules

572 Basic rules about accommodation bonds

Subdivision 57C—Accommodation bond agreements

579 Contents of accommodation bond agreements

5710 Accommodation bond agreements may be incorporated into other agreements

5711 Agreements cannot affect requirements of this Division

Subdivision 57D—Amounts of accommodation bonds

5712 Maximum amount of accommodation bond

5713 Maximum amount of accommodation bond if care recipient moves between aged care services

5714 Accommodation bond in cases of financial hardship

5715 Revocation of determinations of financial hardship

Subdivision 57E—Payment of accommodation bonds

5716 Period for payment of accommodation bond

5717 Payment of an accommodation bond by periodic payments

Subdivision 57F—Rights of approved providers

5718 Approved provider may retain income derived

5719 Amounts to be deducted from accommodation bond balance

5720 Retention amounts

Division 57A—What are the responsibilities relating to accommodation charges?

57A1 What this Division is about

Subdivision 57AA—The basic rules

57A2 Basic rules about accommodation charges

Subdivision 57AB—Accommodation charge agreements

57A3 Contents of accommodation charge agreements

57A4 Accommodation charge agreements may be incorporated into other agreements

57A5 Agreements cannot affect requirements of this Division

Subdivision 57AC—Daily accrual amounts of accommodation charges

57A6 Maximum daily accrual amount of accommodation charge

57A7 Accommodation charge not to accrue after provision of care has ceased

57A8A Maximum amount of accommodation charge if care recipient moves between aged care services

57A9 Accommodation charge in cases of financial hardship

57A10 Revocation of determinations of financial hardship

Subdivision 57AD—Payment of accommodation charges

57A11 Accommodation charge may be payable not more than one month in advance

57A12 Approved provider may charge interest

Division 58—What are the responsibilities relating to resident fees?

581 Responsibilities relating to resident fees

582 Maximum daily amount of resident fees

583 Standard resident contribution

583A Meaning of preSeptember 2009 resident and postSeptember 2009 resident

583B Standard resident contribution—protected residents

583C Standard resident contribution—certain pre2008 reform residents

585 Extra service amount

586 Maximum daily amount of resident fees for reserving a place

Division 60—What are the responsibilities relating to home care fees?

601 Responsibilities relating to home care fees

602 Maximum daily amount of home care fees

Chapter 6—Administration

Division 84—Introduction

841 What this Chapter is about

Part 6.1—Reconsideration and review of decisions

Division 85—Reconsideration and review of decisions

851 Reviewable decisions

852 Deadlines for making reviewable decisions

853 Secretary must give reasons for reviewable decisions

854 Secretary may reconsider reviewable decisions

855 Reconsideration of reviewable decisions

858 AAT review of reviewable decisions

Chapter 7—Miscellaneous

Division 96—Miscellaneous

961 Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles

962 Delegation of Secretary’s powers and functions

964 Care provided on behalf of an approved provider

965 Care recipients etc. lacking capacity to enter agreements

966 Applications etc. on behalf of care recipients

967 Withdrawal of applications

9613 Regulations

Schedule 1—Dictionary

1 Definitions

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

An Act to deal with transitional matters in connection with the Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Act 2013, and for other purposes

Chapter 1Introduction

 

Division 1Preliminary matters

11  Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997.

12  Commencement

  This Act commences on 1 July 2014.

12A  Act applies to continuing care recipients

  This Act applies only in relation to *continuing care recipients.

13  Identifying defined terms

 (1) Many of the terms in this Act are defined in the Dictionary in Schedule 1.

 (2) Most defined terms are identified by an asterisk appearing at the start of the term: as in “*aged care service”. The footnote that goes with the asterisk contains a signpost to the Dictionary.

 (3) An asterisk usually identifies the first occurrence of a term in a subsection, note or definition. Later occurrences of the term in the same subsection, note or definition are not asterisked.

 (4) Terms are not asterisked in headings, tables or diagrams.

 (5) The following basic terms used throughout the Act are not identified with an asterisk:

 

Terms that are not identified

Item

This term:

is defined in:

1

approved provider

Schedule 1

2

care

Schedule 1

3

home care

section 453

4

home care service

Schedule 1

5

flexible care

section 493

6

flexible care service

Schedule 1

7

provide

section 964

8

residential care

section 413

9

residential care service

Schedule 1

10

Secretary

Schedule 1

14  Tables of Divisions and Subdivisions do not form part of this Act

  Tables of Divisions and tables of Subdivisions do not form part of this Act.

Division 2Objects

21  The objects of this Act

 (1) The objects of this Act, in conjunction with the Aged Care Act 1997, are as follows:

 (a) to provide for funding of *aged care that takes account of:

 (i) the quality of the care; and

 (ii) the *type of care and level of care provided; and

 (iii) the need to ensure access to care that is affordable by, and appropriate to the needs of, people who require it; and

 (iv) appropriate outcomes for recipients of the care; and

 (v) accountability of the providers of the care for the funding and for the outcomes for recipients;

 (b) to promote a high quality of care and accommodation for the recipients of *aged care services that meets the needs of individuals;

 (c) to protect the health and wellbeing of the recipients of aged care services;

 (d) to ensure that aged care services are targeted towards the people with the greatest needs for those services;

 (e) to facilitate access to aged care services by those who need them, regardless of race, culture, language, gender, economic circumstance or geographic location;

 (f) to provide respite for families, and others, who care for older people;

 (g) to encourage diverse, flexible and responsive aged care services that:

 (i) are appropriate to meet the needs of the recipients of those services and the carers of those recipients; and

 (ii) facilitate the independence of, and choice available to, those recipients and carers;

 (h) to help those recipients to enjoy the same rights as all other people in Australia;

 (i) to plan effectively for the delivery of aged care services that:

 (i) promote the targeting of services to areas of the greatest need and people with the greatest need; and

 (ii) avoid duplication of those services; and

 (iii) improve the integration of the planning and delivery of aged care services with the planning and delivery of related health and community services;

 (j) to promote ageing in place through the linking of care and support services to the places where older people prefer to live.

 (2) In construing the objects, due regard must be had to:

 (a) the limited resources available to support services and programs under this Act and the Aged Care Act 1997; and

 (b) the need to consider equity and merit in accessing those resources.

Division 3Overview of this Act

31  General

  This Act, in conjunction with the Aged Care Act 1997, provides for the Commonwealth to give financial support:

 (a) through payment of subsidies for the provision of *aged care; and

 (b) through payment of grants for other matters connected with the provision of aged care.

Subsidies are paid under Chapter 3 of this Act and Chapter 3 of the Aged Care Act 1997 (but Chapters 2 and 4 of the Aged Care Act 1997 and Chapter 4 of this Act are also relevant to subsidies), and grants are paid under Chapter 5 of the Aged Care Act 1997.

32  Preliminary matters relating to subsidies

  Before the Commonwealth can pay subsidy to an approved provider of *aged care under Chapter 3 of this Act, a number of approvals and similar decisions may need to have been made under Chapter 2 of the Aged Care Act 1997. These may relate to:

 (b) the *aged care service in question (for example, for residential care services and flexible care services the requirement that *places have been allocated in respect of the service); or

 (c) the recipient of aged care (for example, the requirement that the recipient has been approved as a recipient of the type of aged care that is provided).

Note: For the approval of providers of aged care, see Part 7A of the *Quality and Safety Commission Act.

33  Subsidies (Chapter 3)

  A number of different kinds of subsidy can be paid under Chapter 3 of this Act. They are paid for *aged care that has been provided. Eligibility for a subsidy depends on:

 (a) particular approvals and similar decisions having been made under Chapter 2 of the Aged Care Act 1997; and

 (b) the circumstances in which the care is provided (for example, whether the care is provided in a residential care service that meets its *accreditation requirement).

34  Responsibilities of approved providers

  Approved providers have certain responsibilities under Chapter 4 of this Act and Chapter 4 of the Aged Care Act 1997. These responsibilities relate to:

 (a) the quality of care they provide; and

 (b) user rights for the people to whom care is provided; and

 (c) accountability for the care that is provided, and the basic suitability of their *key personnel.

Failure to meet these responsibilities can lead to the imposition of sanctions on an approved provider under Part 7B of the *Quality and Safety Commission Act, which may affect amounts of subsidy payable to the provider.

35  Grants

  The Commonwealth makes grants under Chapter 5 of the Aged Care Act 1997 to contribute to costs associated with:

 (a) the establishment or enhancement of *aged care services (for example, *residential care grants); or

 (c) support services related to the provision of aged care (for example, *advocacy grants).

The grants are (in most cases) payable under agreements with the recipients of the grants, and may be subject to conditions.

Division 4Application of this Act

41  Application of this Act

 (1) This Act applies in all the States and Territories.

 (2) However, this Act does not apply in any external Territory, except Norfolk Island, the Territory of Christmas Island and the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

 (3) Despite subsection (1), Part 3.1 applies in relation to the Territory of Christmas Island and the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands as if those Territories were part of Western Australia and were not Territories.

Note: This has the effect that references in Part 3.1 to a Territory do not apply to the Territory of Christmas Island or the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and that references in that Part to a State will be relevant to Western Australia as if it included those Territories.

 (4) Despite subsection (1), Part 3.1 applies in relation to Norfolk Island as if Norfolk Island were part of New South Wales and were not a Territory.

Note: This has the effect that references in Part 3.1 to a Territory do not apply to Norfolk Island, and that references in that Part to a State will be relevant to New South Wales as if it included Norfolk Island.

42  Binding the Crown

 (1) This Act binds the Crown in each of its capacities.

 (2) This Act does not make the Crown liable to be prosecuted for an offence.

Chapter 3Subsidies

 

Division 40Introduction

401  What this Chapter is about

The Commonwealth pays subsidies to approved providers for *aged care that has been provided. These subsidies are:

 *residential care subsidy (see Part 3.1);

 *home care subsidy (see Part 3.2);

 *flexible care subsidy (see Part 3.3).

A number of approvals and other decisions may need to have been made under Chapter 2 of the Aged Care Act 1997 before a particular kind of payment can be made (see section 52 of that Act). For example, an approved provider can only receive subsidy for providing residential care or flexible care in respect of which a *place has been allocated. Receipt of payments under this Chapter gives rise to certain responsibilities, that are dealt with in Chapter 4 of this Act and Chapter 4 of the Aged Care Act 1997.

Part 3.1Residential care subsidy

Division 41Introduction

411  What this Part is about

The *residential care subsidy is a payment by the Commonwealth to approved providers for providing residential care to care recipients.

Table of Divisions

41 Introduction

42 Who is eligible for residential care subsidy?

43 How is residential care subsidy paid?

44 What is the amount of residential care subsidy?

412  Residential care subsidy also dealt with in Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles

  *Residential care subsidy is also dealt with in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles. Provisions in this Part indicate when a particular matter is or may be dealt with in those Principles.

Note: The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles are made by the Minister under section 961.

413  Meaning of residential care

 (1) Residential care is personal care or nursing care, or both personal care and nursing care, that:

 (a) is provided to a person in a residential facility in which the person is also provided with accommodation that includes:

 (i) appropriate staffing to meet the nursing and personal care needs of the person; and

 (ii) meals and cleaning services; and

 (iii) furnishings, furniture and equipment for the provision of that care and accommodation; and

 (b) meets any other requirements specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (2) However, residential care does not include any of the following:

 (a) care provided to a person in the person’s private home;

 (b) care provided in a hospital or in a psychiatric facility;

 (c) care provided in a facility that primarily provides care to people who are not frail and aged;

 (d) care that is specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles not to be residential care.

Division 42Who is eligible for residential care subsidy?

421  Eligibility for residential care subsidy

 (1) An approved provider is eligible for *residential care subsidy in respect of a day if the Secretary is satisfied that, during that day:

 (a) the approved provider holds an allocation of *places for residential care subsidy that is in force under Part 2.2 of the Aged Care Act 1997 (not being a *provisional allocation); and

 (b) the approved provider provides residential care to a care recipient in respect of whom an approval is in force under Part 2.3 of the Aged Care Act 1997 as a recipient of residential care; and

 (c) the residential care service through which the care is provided meets its *accreditation requirement (if any) applying at that time (see section 424 of the Aged Care Act 1997).

Note 1: A care recipient can be taken to be provided with residential care while he or she is on *leave from that care (see section 422).

Note 2: If the care recipient’s approval under Part 2.3 of the Aged Care Act 1997 is not in force, subsidy will not be payable. (For example, the approval may have been given only for a limited period.)

 (2) However, the approved provider is not eligible in respect of residential care provided to the care recipient during that day if:

 (a) it is excluded because the approved provider exceeds the approved provider’s allocation of *places for residential care subsidy (see section 427); or

 (b) the approved provider stopped providing residential care to the person during that day; or

 (c) subject to subsection (3), another approved provider would, but for this paragraph, also be eligible for *residential care subsidy in respect of residential care provided to the same care recipient during that day.

 (3) Paragraph (2)(c) does not apply if the approved provider started providing residential care to the care recipient before the other approved provider.

 (5) Despite any other provision of this Act, an approved provider operating a residential care service is not eligible for *residential care subsidy for a care recipient in respect of a day if the care recipient is on *leave from that service on that day because of subsection 423(3).

422  Leave from residential care services

 (1) On each day during which a care recipient is on *leave under this section from a residential care service, the care recipient is taken, for the purposes of this Part (other than section 423) and for the purposes of section 63Q of the *Quality and Safety Commission Act, to be provided with residential care by the approved provider operating the residential care service.

 (2) A care recipient is on *leave under this section from a residential care service on each day of any period during which the care recipient attends a hospital for the purpose of receiving hospital treatment, so long as the day is on or after the day on which the care recipient *enters the residential care service.

Note: Attending a hospital for a period of extended hospital leave may result in the Minister determining a lower basic subsidy amount for the recipient for days occurring during that period, which will affect the amount of subsidy that is payable (see section 443).

 (3) A care recipient is on *leave under this section from a residential care service on a day if:

 (a) during the whole of that day, the care recipient is absent from the residential care service; and

 (b) either:

 (i) the care recipient does not, during that day, attend a hospital for the purpose of receiving hospital treatment; or

 (ii) the care recipient does, during that day, attend a hospital for that purpose and the day is before the day on which the care recipient *enters the residential care service; and

 (ba) the care recipient is not on leave under subsection (3B) on that day; and

 (c) the number of days on which the care recipient has previously been on leave under this subsection, during the current financial year, is less than 52.

Note: If a care recipient is taken not to have been provided with care because the maximum number of days has been exceeded, subsidy will not be payable in respect of those days. However, the care recipient may agree to pay a fee to the approved provider to reserve the care recipient’s *place in the service. The maximum amount in such a case is set by section 586.

 (3AA) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(c), disregard days on which the care recipient is on *leave from the residential care service because of subsection 423(3).

 (3A) A care recipient is on *leave under this section from a residential care service on a day if:

 (a) *flexible care subsidy is payable in respect of the care recipient and the day; and

 (b) the requirements specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles for the purposes of this paragraph are met.

Note: If a care recipient is on leave for at least 30 days continuously under subsections (2) and (3A), this may result in the Minister determining a lower basic subsidy amount for the recipient for days occurring during that period, which will affect the amount of residential care subsidy that is payable (see section 443).

 (3B) A care recipient is on *leave under this section from a residential care service (the affected service) on a day if:

 (a) during the whole of that day, the care recipient is absent from the affected service; and

 (b) either:

 (i) the care recipient does not, during that day, attend a hospital for the purpose of receiving hospital treatment; or

 (ii) the care recipient does, during that day, attend a hospital for that purpose and the day is before the day on which the care recipient *enters the affected service; and

 (c) the Minister determines under subsection 422A(1) of the Aged Care Act 1997 that there is a situation of emergency for that day for the affected service or a class of residential care services that includes the affected service.

 (4) Despite subsections (2), (3), (3A) and (3B), a care recipient cannot be on *leave under this section from a residential care service during any period during which the residential care in question would have been *respite care.

423  Working out periods of leave

 (1) In working out the days on which a care recipient is on *leave under section 422:

 (a) include the day on which the period commenced; and

 (b) do not include the day on which the approved provider recommenced, or commenced, providing residential care to the care recipient.

Note: Absences that do not include an overnight absence from a residential care service are not counted as *leave because of paragraph (b).

 (2) Subject to subsection (3), a care recipient cannot be on *leave under section 422 from a residential care service before he or she *enters the service.

 (3) A care recipient may be on leave under section 422 on the days during the period starting on the later of:

 (a) the day on which he or she was notified that there was a vacancy in the residential care service in question; or

 (aa) the day on which he or she accepted a place in the residential care service; or

 (b) the day that is 7 days, or such other period as is specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, before the day on which the person *enters the residential care service;

and ending at the end of the day before the day the person enters the residential care service.

427  Exceeding the number of places for which there is an allocation

 (1) For the purposes of a person’s eligibility for *residential care subsidy, residential care provided to a particular care recipient on a particular day is excluded if:

 (a) the number of care recipients provided with residential care by the approved provider during that day exceeds the number of *places included in the approved provider’s allocation of places for residential care subsidy; and

 (b) the Secretary decides, in accordance with subsection (2), that the residential care provided to that particular care recipient on that day is to be excluded.

 (2) In deciding under paragraph (1)(b) which residential care is to be excluded, the Secretary must:

 (a) make the number of exclusions necessary to ensure that the number of *places for which *residential care subsidy will be payable does not exceed the number of places included in the approved provider’s allocation of places for residential care subsidy; and

 (b) exclude the residential care in the reverse order in which the care recipients *entered the residential care service for the provision of residential care.

428  Notice of refusal to pay residential care subsidy

 (1) If:

 (a) an approved provider has claimed *residential care subsidy in respect of a person; and

 (b) the approved provider is not eligible for residential care subsidy in respect of that person;

the Secretary must notify the approved provider, in writing, accordingly.

 (2) A notice given under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.

Division 43How is residential care subsidy paid?

431  Payment of residential care subsidy

 (1) Residential care subsidy is payable by the Commonwealth to an approved provider in respect of each *payment period (see section 432) during which the approved provider is eligible under section 421. However, it is not payable in respect of any days during that period on which the approved provider is not eligible.

 (2) Residential care subsidy is separately payable by the Commonwealth in respect of each residential care service through which the approved provider provides residential care.

 (3) The Secretary may, in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, deduct from the amount of residential care subsidy otherwise payable in respect of a *payment period such of the following amounts as apply to the residential care service in question:

 (a) deductions for fees (see section 435);

 (b) *capital repayment deductions (see section 436).

432  Meaning of payment period

  A payment period is:

 (a) a calendar month; or

 (b) such other period as is set out in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

433  Advances

 (1) Subject to subsection 434(2), *residential care subsidy is payable by the Commonwealth in advance, in respect of a *payment period, at such times as the Secretary thinks fit.

 (2) The Secretary must work out the amount of an advance to be paid to an approved provider in respect of the first *payment period or the second payment period for a residential care service by estimating the amount of *residential care subsidy that will be payable for the days in that period.

 (3) The Secretary must work out the amount of an advance to be paid to an approved provider in respect of subsequent *payment periods for a residential care service by:

 (a) estimating the amount of *residential care subsidy that will be payable (taking into account any deductions under subsection 431(3)) for the days in the period; and

 (b) increasing or reducing that amount to make any adjustments that the Secretary reasonably believes are necessary to take account of likely underpayments or overpayments in respect of advances previously paid under this section.

 (4) The amounts of advances must be worked out in accordance with any requirements set out in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (5) The Secretary may, in deciding whether to reduce the amount of an advance under paragraph (3)(b), take into account the likelihood of the Commonwealth’s right to recover a particular overpayment being waived under section 956 of the Aged Care Act 1997.

Note: Subsection (5) allows the Secretary to take account of waivers in respect of overpayments caused, for example, by some cases of incorrect determinations of the *ordinary incomes of care recipients.

434  Claims for residential care subsidy

 (1) For the purpose of obtaining payment of *residential care subsidy in respect of a residential care service through which an approved provider provides residential care, the approved provider must, as soon as practicable after the end of each *payment period, give to the Secretary:

 (a) a claim, in the form approved by the Secretary, for residential care subsidy that is payable in respect of the residential care service for that payment period; and

 (b) any information relating to the claim that is stated in the form to be required, or that the Secretary requests; and

 (c) copies of any documents relating to the claim, or to the payment of *residential care subsidy, that are stated in the form to be required, or that the Secretary requests.

 (2) An advance of *residential care subsidy is not payable in respect of a *payment period for the residential care service if the approved provider has not given to the Secretary under subsection (1) a claim relating to the second last preceding payment period for the service.

Example: An advance of subsidy is not payable for March if the Secretary has not been given a claim for January of the same year (assuming the *payment periods are all calendar months—see section 432).

 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the first *payment period or the second payment period for a residential care service.

 (4) If all the places in a residential care service are transferred from one person to another, subsection (2) does not apply to the first 2 *payment periods for the residential care service that occur after the transfer took effect.

 (5) If:

 (a) apart from this subsection, the operation of paragraph (1)(c) would result in the acquisition of property from a person otherwise than on just terms; and

 (b) the acquisition would be invalid because of paragraph 51(xxxi) of the Constitution;

the Commonwealth is liable to pay compensation of a reasonable amount to the person in respect of the acquisition.

434A  Variations of claims for residential care subsidy

 (1) An approved provider may vary the claim made in respect of a *payment period within:

 (a) 2 years after the end of the payment period; or

 (b) such longer period as is determined in respect of the claim by the Secretary.

 (2) In determining a longer period for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the Secretary must be satisfied that a variation is required:

 (a) due to an administrative error made by the Commonwealth or an agent of the Commonwealth; or

 (b) because the Commonwealth or an agent of the Commonwealth considers that the circumstances of a care recipient are different from those on the basis of which subsidy was claimed.

Note: Determinations of periods under paragraph (1)(b) are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (3) A determination made under paragraph (1)(b) is not a legislative instrument.

435  Deductions for fees

  The Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, enter into an agreement with an approved provider, under which:

 (a) amounts equal to the fees payable by the approved provider for applications made under this Act are to be deducted from amounts of *residential care subsidy otherwise payable to the approved provider in respect of the residential care service specified in the agreement; and

 (b) so far as amounts are so deducted, the approved provider ceases to be liable to the Commonwealth for payment of the fees.

436  Capital repayment deductions

 (1) Capital repayment deductions apply in respect of a residential care service if:

 (a) the approved provider is granted *extra service status under Division 32 of the Aged Care Act 1997 in respect of the service, or in respect of a *distinct part of the service; and

 (b) the Commonwealth has previously made capital payments in respect of the service, whether or not the payments were made to that approved provider; and

 (c) the payments have not been repaid to the Commonwealth.

The capital repayment deductions are applied in accordance with an agreement entered into under this section.

 (2) The Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, enter into an agreement with the approved provider, under which:

 (a) amounts equal to the capital payments made in respect of the service are to be deducted from amounts of *residential care subsidy otherwise payable to the approved provider in respect of the service; and

 (b) so far as amounts are so deducted, the approved provider ceases to be liable to the Commonwealth for repayment in respect of the capital payments.

Note: Entering into such an agreement may be a condition of the granting of *extra service status (see paragraph 328(5)(b) of the Aged Care Act 1997).

 (3) However, only a proportion of the amounts equal to the capital payments made in respect of the service are to be deducted under the agreement if:

 (a) *extra service status is granted only in respect of a *distinct part of the service; or

 (b) some or all of the capital payments were made more than 5 years before the first of the deductions is to be made; or

 (c) the circumstances (if any) specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles apply.

The proportion is to be worked out in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (4) The agreement must provide for the deductions to be completed within 3 years after the making of the first deduction.

 (5) In this section:

capital payment means:

 (a) a *residential care grant; or

 (b) a payment of a kind specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

439  Recovery of overpayments

  This Division does not affect the Commonwealth’s right to recover overpayments under Part 6.5 of the Aged Care Act 1997.

Division 44What is the amount of residential care subsidy?

441  What this Division is about

Amounts of *residential care subsidy payable under Division 43 to an approved provider are worked out under this Division in respect of each residential care service. The amount in respect of a residential care service is determined by adding together amounts worked out, using the residential care subsidy calculator in section 442, in respect of individual care recipients in the service.

Table of Subdivisions

44A Working out the amount of residential care subsidy

44B The basic subsidy amount

44C Primary supplements

44D Reductions in subsidy

44E The income test

44F Other supplements

Subdivision 44AWorking out the amount of residential care subsidy

442  Amount of residential care subsidy

 (1) The amount of *residential care subsidy payable to an approved provider for a residential care service in respect of a *payment period is the amount worked out by adding together the amounts of residential care subsidy for each care recipient:

 (a) to whom the approved provider provided residential care through the residential care service during the period; and

 (b) in respect of whom the approved provider was eligible for residential care subsidy during the period.

 (2) This is how to work out the amount of *residential care subsidy for a care recipient in respect of the *payment period.

Residential care subsidy calculator

Step 1. Work out the basic subsidy amount using Subdivision 44B.

Step 2. Add to this amount the amounts of any primary supplements worked out using Subdivision 44C.

Step 3. Subtract the amounts of any reductions in subsidy worked out using Subdivision 44D.

Step 4. Subtract any further reduction worked out by applying the income test under Subdivision 44E.

Step 5. Add the amounts of any other supplements worked out using Subdivision 44F.

The result is the amount of residential care subsidy for the care recipient in respect of the payment period.

Subdivision 44BThe basic subsidy amount

443  The basic subsidy amount

 (1) The basic subsidy amount for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all the basic subsidy amounts for the days during the period on which the care recipient was provided with residential care through the residential care service in question.

 (2) The basic subsidy amount for a care recipient for a day is the amount:

 (a) determined by the Minister by legislative instrument; or

 (b) worked out in accordance with a method determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

 (3) The Minister may determine different amounts (including nil amounts) based on any one or more of the following:

 (a) the kind of residential care service through which residential care is provided to a care recipient;

 (aa) whether a care recipient being provided with residential care has been classified under Part 2.4A of the Aged Care Act 1997;

 (ab) the *classification levels for care recipients who have been classified under that Part;

 (b) whether the residential care being provided is *respite care;

 (c) the times at which a care recipient *entered a residential care service;

 (ca) whether a care recipient is on *extended hospital leave;

 (e) any other matters specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles;

 (f) any other matters determined by the Minister.

 (4) The Minister may make provision for, or in relation to, a matter by conferring a power on the Secretary.

Subdivision 44CPrimary supplements

445  Primary supplements

  The primary supplements for the care recipient under step 2 of the residential care subsidy calculator in section 442 are such of the following supplements as apply to the care recipient in respect of the *payment period:

 (aaa) the accommodation supplement (see section 445A);

 (a) the concessional resident supplement (see section 446);

 (b) the respite supplement (see section 4412);

 (c) the oxygen supplement (see section 4413);

 (d) the enteral feeding supplement (see section 4414);

 (e) any additional primary supplements (see section 4416).

Note: Most of the supplements under this Subdivision are taken into account in applying the income test under Subdivision 44E. (The supplements under Subdivision 44F are not taken into account in applying the income test.)

445A  The accommodation supplement

 (1) The accommodation supplement for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all the accommodation supplements for the days during the period on which:

 (a) the care recipient was provided with residential care (other than *respite care) through the residential care service in question; and

 (b) the care recipient was eligible for an accommodation supplement.

 (2) The care recipient is eligible for an accommodation supplement on a particular day if, on that day:

 (b) the care recipient is a *supported resident; and

 (d) the residential care provided to the care recipient is not provided on an extra service basis for the purposes of Division 36 of the Aged Care Act 1997.

 (3) The accommodation supplement for a particular day is the amount:

 (a) determined by the Minister by legislative instrument; or

 (b) worked out in accordance with a method determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

 (4) The Minister may determine different amounts (including nil amounts) or methods based on any one or more of the following:

 (a) the value of assets held by a care recipient;

 (b) any other matter specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

445B  Meaning of supported resident

 (1) A person is a supported resident on a particular day if:

 (a) on that day, the person is being provided with residential care (other than *respite care) through a residential care service; and

 (b) on that day, the person is a *post2008 reform resident; and

 (c) the amount determined by the Secretary by legislative instrument in relation to that day for the purposes of this paragraph is equal to or more than the value of the person’s assets at the time at which the person *entered the residential care service or such other time specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

Note: Some *supported residents may be required to pay an *accommodation bond or an *accommodation charge—see sections 5712 and 57A6.

If there is financial hardship

 (2) A person is also a supported resident if:

 (a) a determination is in force under section 5714 or 57A9 in respect of the person; and

 (b) the person is a *post2008 reform resident.

445C  Meaning of post2008 reform resident

  A person is a post2008 reform resident if the person is being provided with residential care through a residential care service and the person is not a *pre2008 reform resident.

445D  Meaning of pre2008 reform resident

 (1) A person is a pre2008 reform resident if:

 (a) the person is being provided with residential care through a residential care service; and

 (b) either:

 (i) the person *entered a residential care service before 20 March 2008; or

 (ii) the person was on *preentry leave from a residential care service immediately before 20 March 2008 and the person entered the residential care service on or after 20 March 2008 at the end of that preentry leave; and

 (c) the person has not had a break in residential care of more than 28 days between:

 (i) the last residential care service through which residential care was provided, or taken to be provided, to the person before 20 March 2008 and the next residential care service through which residential care is provided, or taken to be provided, to the person; and

 (ii) any residential care service through which residential care is provided, or taken to be provided, to the person on or after 20 March 2008 and the next residential care service through which residential care is provided, or taken to be provided, to the person.

 (2) The period:

 (a) beginning on the day on which a person ceases to be provided with residential care through a residential care service (other than because the person is on *leave from the residential care service); and

 (b) ending on the day on which the person *enters, or begins *preentry leave, with the next residential care service through which residential care is provided, or taken to be provided, to the person;

is a break in residential care for the person.

 (3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), a person is not provided, or taken to be provided, with residential care during any period during which the person is being provided with *respite care.

445E  Meaning of preentry leave

  A care recipient is on preentry leave from a residential care service on a particular day if, on that day, the care recipient is taken to be provided with residential care by the residential care service because the care recipient is on *leave under section 422 because of subsection 423(3).

446  The concessional resident supplement

 (1) The concessional resident supplement for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all the concessional resident supplements for the days during the period on which:

 (a) the care recipient was provided with residential care (other than *respite care) through the residential care service in question; and

 (b) the care recipient was eligible for a *concessional resident supplement.

 (2) The care recipient is eligible for a concessional resident supplement on a particular day if, on that day:

 (b) the care recipient is a *concessional resident or an *assisted resident; and

 (d) the residential care provided to the care recipient is not provided on an extra service basis for the purposes of Division 36 of the Aged Care Act 1997.

 (3) The care recipient is also eligible for a concessional resident supplement on a particular day if the care recipient was eligible for either of the following on the day before the transition day (within the meaning of the Aged Care Act 1997):

 (a) a charge exempt resident supplement under repealed section 448A;

 (b) a transitional supplement under repealed section 33 of the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (4) The concessional resident supplement for a particular day is the amount determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

 (5) The Minister may determine different amounts (including nil amounts) based on any one or more of the following:

 (a) the amount of an *accommodation bond paid by, or an *accommodation charge charged to, a care recipient for *entry to a residential care service;

 (b) the value of assets held by a care recipient;

 (c) whether the residential care with which a care recipient is provided is *respite care;

 (d) any other matters specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

447  Meaning of concessional resident

If the applicable time is before 1 July 2005

 (1) A person is a concessional resident if the person is being provided with residential care (other than *respite care) through a residential care service, the applicable time under subsection (2) is before 1 July 2005 and, at the applicable time:

 (a) the person was receiving an *income support payment; and

 (b) the person had not been a *homeowner for 2 years or more, or owned a home that was occupied by:

 (i) the *partner or a *dependent child of the person; or

 (ii) a carer of the person who had occupied the home for the past 2 years and, at the entry time, was eligible to receive an income support payment; or

 (iii) a *close relation of the person who had occupied the home for the past 5 years and, at the entry time, was eligible to receive an income support payment; and

 (c) the value of the person’s assets was less than:

 (i) the amount obtained by rounding to the nearest $500.00 (rounding $250.00 upwards) an amount equal to 2.5 times the *basic age pension amount at the time in question; or

 (ii) such other amount as is specified in, or worked out in accordance with, the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

Note: A *concessional resident cannot be required to pay an *accommodation bond or an *accommodation charge—see sections 5712 and 57A6.

If the applicable time is on or after 1 July 2005

 (1A) A person is also a concessional resident if:

 (a) the person is being provided with residential care (other than *respite care) through a residential care service; and

 (b) the applicable time under subsection (2) is on or after 1 July 2005; and

 (c) the person is a *pre2008 reform resident; and

 (d) there is in force a determination covered by subsection (1B) or (1C).

 (1B) Subject to subsection (1D), this subsection covers a determination, made under section 448AA before the person *entered the residential care service, that the conditions in paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (c) would have been met for the person at the time specified in the determination if the references in subparagraphs (1)(b)(ii) and (iii) to the entry time had been references to the time specified in the determination.

 (1C) Subject to subsection (1E), this subsection covers a determination, made under section 448AA when or after the person *entered the residential care service, that the conditions in paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (c) were met at the applicable time under subsection (2).

 (1D) If:

 (a) a determination covered by subsection (1B) is made in relation to a person; and

 (b) the time specified in the determination is on or after 20 September 2009;

subsection (1B) has effect as if the reference to paragraph (1)(c) were a reference to that paragraph modified by omitting “2.5” from subparagraph (i) and substituting “2.25”.

 (1E) If:

 (a) a determination covered by subsection (1C) is made in relation to a person; and

 (b) the applicable time under subsection (2) is on or after 20 September 2009;

subsection (1C) has effect as if the reference to paragraph (1)(c) were a reference to that paragraph modified by omitting “2.5” from subparagraph (i) and substituting “2.25”.

What is the applicable time?

 (2) The applicable time is:

 (a) if:

 (i) the person had, within 28 days prior to *entry to the residential care service, been provided with residential care through another residential care service; and

 (ii) the person had paid an *accommodation bond for entry to that other service;

  the time that was, under this subsection, the applicable time in respect of that other service; or

 (b) in any other case—the time at which the person entered the residential care service.

If there is financial hardship (whatever the applicable time)

 (3) A person is also a concessional resident if:

 (a) a determination is in force under paragraph 5714(1)(a) or 57A9(1)(a) in respect of the person; and

 (b) the person is a *pre2008 reform resident.

448  Meaning of assisted resident

If the applicable time is before 1 July 2005

 (1) A person is an assisted resident if the person is being provided with residential care (other than *respite care) through a residential care service, the applicable time under subsection (2) is before 1 July 2005 and, at the applicable time:

 (a) the person was receiving an *income support payment; and

 (b) the person had not been a *homeowner for 2 years or more, or owned a home that was occupied by:

 (i) the *partner or a *dependent child of the person; or

 (ii) a carer of the person who had occupied the home for the past 2 years and, at the entry time, was eligible to receive an income support payment; or

 (iii) a *close relation of the person who had occupied the home for the past 5 years and, at the entry time, was eligible to receive an income support payment; and

 (c) the value of the person’s assets was less than:

 (i) the amount obtained by rounding to the nearest $500.00 (rounding $250.00 upwards) an amount equal to 4 times the *basic age pension amount at the time in question; or

 (ii) such other amount as is specified in, or worked out in accordance with, the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles;

  but more than:

 (iii) the amount obtained by rounding to the nearest $500.00 (rounding $250.00 upwards) an amount equal to 2.5 times the *basic age pension amount at the time in question; or

 (iv) such other amount as is specified in, or worked out in accordance with, the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

Note: An *assisted resident may be required to pay an *accommodation bond or an *accommodation charge.

If the applicable time is on or after 1 July 2005

 (1A) A person is also an assisted resident if:

 (a) the person is being provided with residential care (other than *respite care) through a residential care service; and

 (b) the applicable time under subsection (2) is on or after 1 July 2005; and

 (c) the person is a *pre2008 reform resident; and

 (d) there is in force a determination covered by subsection (1B) or (1C).

If there is financial hardship (whatever the applicable time)

 (1AA) A person is also an assisted resident if:

 (a) a determination is in force under paragraph 5714(1)(b) or 57A9(1)(b) in respect of the person; and

 (b) the person is a *pre2008 reform resident.

 (1B) Subject to subsection (1D), this subsection covers a determination, made under section 448AA before the person *entered the residential care service, that the conditions in paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (c) would have been met for the person at the time specified in the determination if the references in subparagraphs (1)(b)(ii) and (iii) to the entry time had been references to the time specified in the determination.

 (1C) Subject to subsection (1E), this subsection covers a determination, made under section 448AA when or after the person *entered the residential care service, that the conditions in paragraphs (1)(a), (b) and (c) were met at the applicable time under subsection (2).

 (1D) If:

 (a) a determination covered by subsection (1B) is made in relation to a person; and

 (b) the time specified in the determination is on or after 20 September 2009;

subsection (1B) has effect as if the reference to paragraph (1)(c) were a reference to that paragraph modified by:

 (c) omitting “4” from subparagraph (i) and substituting “3.61”; and

 (d) omitting “2.5” from subparagraph (iii) and substituting “2.25”.

 (1E) If:

 (a) a determination covered by subsection (1C) is made in relation to a person; and

 (b) the applicable time under subsection (2) is on or after 20 September 2009;

subsection (1C) has effect as if the reference to paragraph (1)(c) were a reference to that paragraph modified by:

 (c) omitting “4” from subparagraph (i) and substituting “3.61”; and

 (d) omitting “2.5” from subparagraph (iii) and substituting “2.25”.

What is the applicable time?

 (2) The applicable time is:

 (a) if:

 (i) the person had, within 28 days prior to *entry to the residential care service, been provided with residential care through another residential care service; and

 (ii) the person had paid an *accommodation bond for entry to that other service;

  the time that was, under this subsection, the applicable time in respect of that other service; or

 (b) in any other case—the time at which the person entered the residential care service.

448AA  Determinations for sections 447 and 448

Making determinations

 (1) The Secretary may make a determination (the resident status determination) described in section 447 or 448 if:

 (a) the person mentioned in that section has applied, in a form approved by the Secretary, for the resident status determination; and

 (b) the Secretary has made a determination (the asset value determination) under section 448AB of the value of the person’s assets at the time that is specified in the resident status determination; and

 (c) the Secretary is satisfied of the matters relating to the person that are to be set out in the resident status determination.

Note: The time specified in a determination covered by subsection 447(1C) or 448(1C) is the applicable time under subsection 447(2) or 448(2).

Giving notice of decision on resident status determination

 (2) Within 14 days after deciding whether or not to grant the application, the Secretary must notify the person in writing of:

 (a) the decision; and

 (b) if the Secretary made the resident status determination—the content of the determination.

When the resident status determination comes into force

 (3) The resident status determination comes into force on the day it is made or an earlier day stated in the determination to be the day on which the determination comes into force.

When the resident status determination ceases to be in force

 (5) The resident status determination ceases to be in force when the asset value determination ceases to be in force, if:

 (a) the person was not being provided with residential care (other than *respite care) through a residential care service when the resident status determination came into force; and

 (b) the person has not been provided with such care between:

 (i) the time the resident status determination came into force; and

 (ii) the time the asset value determination ceases to be in force.

Note: Subsections 448AB(3) and (4) explain how to work out when the asset value determination ceases to be in force.

 (6) The Secretary may by written instrument revoke the resident status determination if he or she ceases to be satisfied of any of the matters relating to the person that are set out in the determination. The determination ceases to be in force on a day specified in the instrument (which may be before the instrument is made).

 (7) Within 14 days after revoking the resident status determination, the Secretary must give written notice of the revocation and the day on which the determination ceases being in force to:

 (a) the person; and

 (b) each approved provider (if any) who has provided the person with residential care (other than *respite care) through a residential care service since the determination ceased to be in force.

 (8) A resident status determination made under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.

448AB  Determination of value of person’s assets

Making determinations

 (1) The Secretary must determine the value, at the time specified in the determination, of a person’s assets in accordance with section 4410, if the person:

 (a) applies in the approved form for the determination; and

 (b) gives the Secretary sufficient information to make the determination.

The time specified must be at or before the determination is made.

Note: The determination may affect the maximum amount of accommodation bond or charge for the person under section 5712 or 57A6, as well as whether the person is a *supported resident under section 445B, a concessional resident under section 447 or an assisted resident under section 448.

Giving notice of the determination

 (2) Within 14 days after making the determination, the Secretary must give the person a copy of the determination.

When the determination is in force

 (3) The determination is in force for the period specified in, or worked out under, the determination.

 (4) However, the Secretary may by written instrument revoke the determination if he or she is satisfied that it is incorrect. The determination ceases to be in force on a day specified in the instrument (which may be before the instrument is made).

 (5) Within 14 days after revoking the determination, the Secretary must give written notice of the revocation and the day the determination ceases being in force to:

 (a) the person; and

 (b) if the Secretary is aware that the person has given an approved provider a copy of the determination—the approved provider.

 (6) A determination made under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.

449  Person taken not to be a supported resident, a concessional resident or an assisted resident if asset information not provided

  If:

 (a) a care recipient is provided with residential care through a residential care service at a particular time; and

 (b) at that time, the care recipient has not given to the approved provider conducting the residential care service sufficient information about the care recipient’s assets for the approved provider to determine whether the care recipient is a *supported resident, an *assisted resident or a *concessional resident;

the person is taken, for the purposes of this Act, not to be a supported resident under subsection 445B(1), a concessional resident under subsection 447(1) or an assisted resident under subsection 448(1) at that time.

Note: This section does not affect whether a person is a concessional resident under subsection 447(1A) or an assisted resident under subsection 448(1A).

4410  How to work out the value of a person’s assets

 (1) Subject to this section, the value of a person’s assets for the purposes of section 445A, 445B, 447, 448 or 448AB is to be worked out in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (1A) If a person who is receiving a *service pension, an *income support supplement or a *veteran payment has an income stream (within the meaning of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986) that was purchased on or after 20 September 2007, the value of the person’s assets:

 (a) is taken to include the amount that the Secretary determines to be the value of that income stream that would be included in the value of the person’s assets if Subdivision A of Division 11 of Part IIIB of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 applied for the purposes of this Act; and

 (b) is taken to exclude the amount that the Secretary determines to be the value of that income stream that would not be included in the value of the person’s assets if Subdivision A of Division 11 of Part IIIB of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 applied for the purposes of this Act.

 (1B) If a person who is not receiving a *service pension, an *income support supplement or a *veteran payment has an income stream (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991) that was purchased on or after 20 September 2007, the value of the person’s assets:

 (a) is taken to include the amount that the Secretary determines to be the value of that income stream that would be included in the value of the person’s assets if Division 1 of Part 3.12 of the Social Security Act 1991 applied for the purposes of this Act; and

 (b) is taken to exclude the amount that the Secretary determines to be the value of that income stream that would not be included in the value of the person’s assets if Division 1 of Part 3.12 of the Social Security Act 1991 applied for the purposes of this Act.

 (1C) The value of a person’s assets is taken to include the amount that the Secretary determines to be the amount:

 (a) if the person is receiving a *service pension, an *income support supplement or a *veteran payment—that would be included in the value of the person’s assets if Subdivisions B and BB of Division 11 and Subdivision H of Division 11A of Part IIIB of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 applied for the purposes of this Act; and

 (b) otherwise—that would be included in the value of the person’s assets if Division 2 of Part 3.12 and Division 8 of Part 3.18 of the Social Security Act 1991 applied for the purposes of this Act.

Note 1: Subdivisions B and BB of Division 11 of Part IIIB of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, and Division 2 of Part 3.12 of the Social Security Act 1991, deal with disposal of assets.

Note 2: Subdivision H of Division 11A of Part IIIB of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, and Division 8 of Part 3.18 of the Social Security Act 1991, deal with the attribution to individuals of assets of private companies and private trusts.

 (2) In working out the value at a particular time of the assets of a person who is or was a *homeowner then, disregard the value of a home that, at the time, was occupied by:

 (a) the *partner or a *dependent child of the person; or

 (b) a carer of the person who:

 (i) had occupied the home for the past 2 years; and

 (ii) was eligible to receive an *income support payment at the time; or

 (c) a *close relation of the person who:

 (i) had occupied the home for the past 5 years; and

 (ii) was eligible to receive an *income support payment at the time.

 (3) The value of the assets of a person who is a *member of a couple is taken to be 50% of the sum of:

 (a) the value of the person’s assets; and

 (b) the value of the assets of the person’s *partner.

 (4) A reference to the value of the assets of a person is, in relation to an asset owned by the person jointly or in common with one or more other people, a reference to the value of the person’s interest in the asset.

 (5) A determination under paragraph (1A)(a), (1A)(b), (1B)(a) or (1B)(b) or subsection (1C) is not a legislative instrument.

4411  Definitions relating to supported residents, concessional residents and assisted residents

 (1) In sections 447, 448, and 4410 and in this section:

child: without limiting who is a child of a person for the purposes of this section and sections 447, 448 and 4410, each of the following is the child of a person:

 (a) a stepchild or an adopted child of the person;

 (b) someone who would be the stepchild of the person except that the person is not legally married to the person’s partner;

 (c) someone who is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975;

 (d) someone included in a class of persons specified for the purposes of this paragraph in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

close relation, in relation to a person, means:

 (a) a parent of the person; or

 (b) a sister, brother, child or grandchild of the person; or

 (c) a person included in a class of persons specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

Note: See also subsection (5).

dependent child has the meaning given by subsection (2).

homeowner has the meaning given by the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

member of a couple means:

 (a) a person who is legally married to another person, and is not living separately and apart from the person on a permanent basis; or

 (aa) a person whose relationship with another person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) is registered under a law of a State or Territory prescribed for the purposes of section 2E of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as a kind of relationship prescribed for the purposes of that section, and who is not living separately and apart from the other person on a permanent basis; or

 (b) a person who lives with another person (whether of the same sex or a different sex) in a de facto relationship, although not legally married to the other person.

parent: without limiting who is a parent of a person for the purposes of this section and sections 447, 448 and 4410, someone is the parent of a person if the person is his or her child because of the definition of child in this section.

partner, in relation to a person, means the other *member of a couple of which the person is also a member.

 (2) A young person (see subsection (3)) is a dependent child of a person (in this subsection referred to as the adult) if:

 (a) the adult:

 (i) is legally responsible (whether alone or jointly with another person) for the daytoday care, welfare and development of the young person; or

 (ii) is under a legal obligation to provide financial support in respect of the young person; and

 (aa) in a subparagraph (a)(ii) case—the adult is not included in a class of people specified for the purposes of this paragraph in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles; and

 (b) the young person is not:

 (i) in fulltime employment; or

 (ii) in receipt of a social security pension (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991) or a social security benefit (within the meaning of that Act); or

 (iii) included in a class of people specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (3) A reference in subsection (2) to a young person is a reference to any of the following:

 (a) a person under 16 years of age;

 (b) a person who:

 (i) has reached 16 years of age, but is under 25 years of age; and

 (ii) is receiving fulltime education at a school, college or university;

 (c) a person included in a class of people specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (4) The reference in paragraph (2)(a) to care does not have the meaning given in the Dictionary in Schedule 1.

 (5) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of close relation in subsection (1), if one person is the child of another person because of the definition of child in this section, relationships traced to or through the person are to be determined on the basis that the person is the child of the other person.

4412  The respite supplement

 (1) The respite supplement for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all the respite supplements for the days during the period on which:

 (a) the care recipient was provided with residential care through the residential care service in question; and

 (b) the care recipient was eligible for a respite supplement.

 (2) The care recipient is eligible for a respite supplement on a particular day if, on that day:

 (a) the residential care provided through the residential care service:

 (i) was provided as *respite care; and

 (ii) meets any requirements specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles; and

 (b) the care recipient’s approval under Part 2.3 of the Aged Care Act 1997 was not limited so as to preclude the provision of respite care; and

 (c) the number of days on which the care recipient had previously been provided with residential care as respite care during the financial year in which the day occurred does not equal or exceed the number specified, for the purposes of this paragraph, in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles; and

 (d) immediately before that day, the number of successive days on which the care recipient had been provided with residential care as respite care does not equal the number specified, for the purposes of this paragraph, in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (3) The respite supplement for a particular day is the amount determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

 (4) The Minister may determine different amounts (including nil amounts) based on any one or more of the following:

 (a) the different levels of care at which a care recipient may be assessed under section 224 of the Aged Care Act 1997;

 (d) whether a care recipient continues to be provided with residential care through a residential care service immediately after ceasing to be provided with *respite care through that service;

 (e) whether a care recipient is a *member of a couple;

 (f) any other matters specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

4413  The oxygen supplement

 (1) The oxygen supplement for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all the oxygen supplements for the days during the period on which:

 (a) the care recipient was provided with residential care through the residential care service in question; and

 (b) a determination was in force under subsection (2) in relation to the care recipient; and

 (c) the residential care provided through the residential care service included administering oxygen to the care recipient in circumstances of a kind specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (2) The Secretary may determine that a care recipient is eligible for an oxygen supplement.

Note: Refusals to make determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (2A) A determination made under subsection (2) is not a legislative instrument.

 (3) In deciding whether to make a determination, the Secretary must comply with any requirements, and have regard to any matters, specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (4) An approved provider that is providing, or is to provide, residential care to a care recipient may apply to the Secretary, in the form approved by the Secretary, for a determination under subsection (2) in respect of the care recipient.

 (5) The Secretary must notify the applicant, in writing, of the Secretary’s decision on whether to make the determination. The notice must be given within 28 days after the decision is made.

 (6) The oxygen supplement for a particular day is the amount:

 (a) determined by the Minister by legislative instrument; or

 (b) worked out in accordance with a method determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

 (7) The Minister may determine different amounts (including nil amounts) or methods based on any matters determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

4414  The enteral feeding supplement

 (1) The enteral feeding supplement for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all the enteral feeding supplements for the days during the period on which:

 (a) the care recipient was provided with residential care through the residential care service in question; and

 (b) a determination was in force under subsection (2) in relation to the care recipient; and

 (c) the residential care provided through the residential care service included providing enteral feeding to the care recipient in circumstances of a kind specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (2) The Secretary may determine that a care recipient is eligible for an enteral feeding supplement.

Note: Refusals to make determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (2A) A determination made under subsection (2) is not a legislative instrument.

 (3) In deciding whether to make a determination, the Secretary must comply with any requirements, and have regard to any matters, specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (4) An approved provider that is providing, or is to provide, residential care to a care recipient may apply to the Secretary, in the form approved by the Secretary, for a determination under subsection (2) in respect of the care recipient.

 (5) The Secretary must notify the applicant, in writing, of the Secretary’s decision on whether to make the determination. The notice must be given within 28 days after the decision is made.

 (6) The enteral feeding supplement for a particular day is the amount:

 (a) determined by the Minister by legislative instrument; or

 (b) worked out in accordance with a method determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

 (7) The Minister may determine different amounts (including nil amounts) or methods based on any matters determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

4415  Requests for further information

 (1) If the Secretary needs further information to determine an application under section 4413 or 4414, the Secretary may give to the applicant a notice requesting the further information:

 (a) within the period specified in the notice; or

 (b) if no period is specified in the notice—within 28 days after receiving the notice.

 (2) The application is taken to be withdrawn if the applicant does not give the further information within whichever of those periods applies.

Note: The period for giving further information can be extended—see section 967.

 (3) The notice must contain a statement setting out the effect of subsection (2).

4416  Additional primary supplements

 (1) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may provide for additional primary supplements.

 (2) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may specify, in respect of each such supplement, the circumstances in which the supplement will apply to a care recipient in respect of a *payment period.

 (3) The Minister may determine by legislative instrument, in respect of each such supplement, the amount of the supplement, or the way in which the amount of the supplement is to be worked out.

Subdivision 44DReductions in subsidy

4417  Reductions in subsidy

  The reductions in subsidy for the care recipient under step 3 of the residential care subsidy calculator in section 442 are such of the following reductions as apply to the care recipient in respect of the *payment period:

 (a) the extra service reduction (see section 4418);

 (c) the compensation payment reduction (see section 4420).

4418  The extra service reduction

 (1) The extra service reduction for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all the extra service reductions for days during the period on which:

 (a) the care recipient was provided with residential care through the residential care service in question; and

 (b) the care is provided in respect of a place that is an *extra service place (see Division 31 of the Aged Care Act 1997), or the care is required, under a condition of a kind specified in paragraph 328(3)(b) of the Aged Care Act 1997, to be provided on an extra service basis.

 (2) The extra service reduction for a particular day is an amount equal to 25% of the daily rate of the extra service fee in force for the *place under Division 35 of the Aged Care Act 1997.

4420  The compensation payment reduction

 (1) The compensation payment reduction for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all compensation payment reductions for days during the period:

 (a) on which the care recipient is provided with residential care through the residential care service in question; and

 (b) that are covered by a compensation entitlement.

 (2) For the purposes of this section, a day is covered by a compensation entitlement if:

 (a) the care recipient is entitled to compensation under a judgment, settlement or reimbursement arrangement; and

 (b) the compensation takes into account the cost of providing residential care to the care recipient on that day; and

 (c) the application of compensation payment reductions to the care recipient for preceding days has not resulted in reductions in subsidy that, in total, exceed or equal the part of the compensation that relates, or is to be treated under subsection (5) or (6) as relating, to future costs of providing residential care.

 (3) The compensation payment reduction for a particular day is an amount equal to the amount of *residential care subsidy that would be payable for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period if:

 (a) the care recipient was provided with residential care on that day only; and

 (b) this section and Subdivision 44F did not apply.

 (4) However, if:

 (a) the compensation payment reduction arises from a judgment or settlement that fixes the amount of compensation on the basis that liability should be apportioned between the care recipient and the compensation payer; and

 (b) as a result, the amount of compensation is less than it would have been if liability had not been so apportioned; and

 (c) the compensation is not paid in a lump sum;

the amount of the compensation payment reduction under subsection (3) is reduced by the proportion corresponding to the proportion of liability that is apportioned to the care recipient by the judgment or settlement.

 (5) If a care recipient is entitled to compensation under a judgment or settlement that does not take into account the future costs of providing residential care to the care recipient, the Secretary may, in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, determine:

 (a) that, for the purposes of this section, the judgment or settlement is to be treated as having taken into account the cost of providing that residential care; and

 (b) the part of the compensation that, for the purposes of this section, is to be treated as relating to the future costs of providing residential care.

Note: Determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (6) If:

 (a) a care recipient is entitled to compensation under a settlement; and

 (b) the settlement takes into account the future costs of providing residential care to the recipient; and

 (c) the Secretary is satisfied that the settlement does not adequately take into account the future costs of providing residential care to the care recipient;

the Secretary may, in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, determine the part of the compensation that, for the purposes of this section, is to be treated as relating to the future costs of providing residential care.

Note: Determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (7) A determination under subsection (5) or (6) must be in writing and notice of it must be given to the care recipient.

 (7A) A determination under subsection (5) or (6) is not a legislative instrument.

 (8) A reference in this section to the costs of providing residential care does not include a reference to an amount that is or may be payable as an *accommodation bond, except to the extent provided in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (9) In this section, the following terms have the same meanings as in the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995:

 

compensation

compensation payer

judgment

reimbursement arrangement

settlement.

Subdivision 44EThe income test

4421  The income test

 (1) The income test for the care recipient under step 4 of the residential care subsidy calculator in section 442 is applied by working out the amount (if any) of the income tested reduction in respect of the *payment period.

 (2) The income tested reduction in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all the *daily income tested reductions for days during the period on which the care recipient is provided with residential care through the residential care service in question.

 (3) The *daily income tested reduction for a particular day is worked out as follows:

Income tested reduction calculator

Step 1. Work out the care recipient’s *total assessable income on a yearly basis (see section 4424).

Step 2. Work out the care recipient’s *total assessable income free area (see section 4426).

Step 3. If the care recipient’s *total assessable income does not exceed the care recipient’s *total assessable income free area, the income tested reduction is zero.

Step 4. If the care recipient’s *total assessable income exceeds the care recipient’s *total assessable income free area, the smallest of the following amounts (rounded down to the nearest cent) is the *daily income tested reduction:

 (a) the amount equal to 5/12 of that excess (worked out on a per day basis);

 (b) the amount equal to 135% of the *basic age pension amount for that day (worked out on a per day basis);

 (c) the subsidy related amount for a care recipient for a day (see subsection (4)).

 Note: In some circumstances, a different *daily income tested reduction will apply under section 4422 or 4423.

 (4) The subsidy related amount for a care recipient for a day is the total of the following amounts:

 (a) the adjusted basic subsidy amount for the care recipient for the day (see subsection (5));

 (b) the amounts of any primary supplements worked out using Subdivision 44C for the care recipient for the day;

less the amounts of any reductions in subsidy worked out using Subdivision 44D for the care recipient for the day.

 (5) The adjusted basic subsidy amount for a care recipient for a day is an amount:

 (a) determined by the Minister by legislative instrument; or

 (b) worked out in accordance with a method determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

4422  Daily income tested reduction taken to be zero in some circumstances

 (1) The *daily income tested reduction in respect of the care recipient is taken to be zero for each day, during the *payment period, on which one or more of the following applies:

 (a) the care recipient was provided with *respite care;

 (b) a determination was in force under subsection (2) in relation to the care recipient;

 (c) the care recipient was included in a class of people specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (2) The Secretary may, in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, determine that the *daily income tested reduction in respect of the care recipient is to be taken to be zero.

Note: Refusals to make determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (3) The determination ceases to be in force at the end of the period (if any) specified in the determination.

Note: Decisions specifying periods are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (4) In deciding whether to make a determination, the Secretary must have regard to the matters specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (5) Application may be made to the Secretary, in the form approved by the Secretary, for a determination under subsection (2) in respect of a care recipient. The application may be made by:

 (a) the care recipient; or

 (b) an approved provider that is providing, or is to provide, residential care to the care recipient.

 (6) The Secretary must notify the care recipient and the approved provider, in writing, of the Secretary’s decision on whether to make the determination. The notice must be given:

 (a) if an application for a determination was made under subsection (5)—within 28 days after the application was made, or, if the Secretary requested further information in relation to the application, within 28 days after receiving the information; or

 (b) if such an application was not made—within 28 days after the decision is made.

 (7) A determination under subsection (2) is not a legislative instrument.

4423  Effect on daily income tested reduction of failure to give requested information

 (1) If the care recipient fails to give to the Secretary information, within the time specified in a notice under subsection 4424(8), that the Secretary requests for the purpose of determining the care recipient’s *total assessable income under section 4424, the *daily income tested reduction in respect of the care recipient, for each day during the period:

 (a) starting on the day on which the care recipient failed to give the information; and

 (b) finishing at the end of the day before the day on which the care recipient gives to the Secretary the information requested;

is the amount worked out under subsection (4) of this section.

 (2) If the care recipient elects, by a written notice given to the Secretary, not to give any information to the Secretary for the purpose of determining the care recipient’s *total assessable income under section 4424, the *daily income tested reduction in respect of the care recipient, for each day during the period:

 (a) starting on the day on which the care recipient made the election; and

 (b) finishing at the end of, the day before the day on which the care recipient gives to the Secretary a written notice revoking the election;

is the amount worked out under subsection (4) of this section.

 (3) The Secretary must not, while the election is in force, request the care recipient to give information for the purpose of determining the care recipient’s *total assessable income under section 4424.

 (4) For the purpose of subsections (1) and (2), the *daily income tested reduction in respect of the care recipient is whichever is the lesser of the following amounts (rounded down to the nearest cent):

 (a) the amount equal to 135% of the *basic age pension amount for that day (worked out on a per day basis);

 (b) the subsidy related amount worked out under subsection 4421(4) for the care recipient for that day.

Note: Care recipients are not obliged to give information to the Secretary. However, if they do not, the amount of residential care subsidy paid for their care may be reduced, and the amount of resident fees that they are liable to pay may therefore increase (see Division 58).

4424  The care recipient’s total assessable income

 (1) If the care recipient is not entitled to an *income support payment, his or her total assessable income is the amount the Secretary determines to be the amount that would be worked out as the care recipient’s ordinary income for the purpose of applying Module E of Pension Rate Calculator A at the end of section 1064 of the Social Security Act 1991.

Note: Determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (2) If the care recipient is entitled to a *service pension, his or her total assessable income is the sum of:

 (a) the amount of the care recipient’s service pension reduced by the amount worked out under subsection 5GA(3) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to be the care recipient’s minimum pension supplement amount; and

 (b) the amount the Secretary determines to be the amount that would be worked out as the care recipient’s ordinary/adjusted income for the purpose of applying Module E of the Rate Calculator in Schedule 6 to the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

Note: Determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (3) If the care recipient is entitled to an *income support supplement, his or her total assessable income is the sum of:

 (a) the amount of the care recipient’s income support supplement reduced by the amount worked out under subsection 5GA(3) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to be the care recipient’s minimum pension supplement amount; and

 (b) the amount the Secretary determines to be the amount that would be worked out as the care recipient’s ordinary/adjusted income for the purpose of applying Module E of the Rate Calculator in Schedule 6 to the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

Note: Determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (3A) If the care recipient is entitled to a *veteran payment, his or her total assessable income is the sum of:

 (a) the amount of the care recipient’s veteran payment reduced by the amount worked out under subsection 5GA(3) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 to be the care recipient’s minimum pension supplement amount; and

 (b) the amount the Secretary determines to be the amount that would be worked out as the care recipient’s ordinary/adjusted income for the purpose of applying Module E of the Rate Calculator in Schedule 6 to the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

Note: Determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (4) If the care recipient is entitled to an *income support payment (other than a *service pension, an *income support supplement or a *veteran payment), his or her total assessable income is the sum of:

 (a) the amount of the care recipient’s income support payment reduced by, if the payment is an income support payment within the meaning of subsection 23(1) of the Social Security Act 1991, the amount worked out under subsection 20A(4) of that Act to be the care recipient’s minimum pension supplement amount; and

 (b) the amount the Secretary determines to be the amount that would be worked out as the care recipient’s ordinary income for the purpose of applying Module E of Pension Rate Calculator A at the end of section 1064 of the Social Security Act 1991.

Note: Determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (4A) However, the reduction referred to in paragraph (4)(a) does not apply if:

 (a) the care recipient’s income support payment is special benefit or youth allowance under the Social Security Act 1991; or

 (b) the care recipient has not reached pension age (within the meaning of subsections 23(5A), (5B), (5C) and (5D) of that Act) and the rate of the care recipient’s income support payment is worked out in accordance with the Rate Calculator at the end of section 1066A, 1067L, 1068, 1068A or 1068B of that Act.

 (5) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may specify amounts that are to be taken, in relation to specified kinds of care recipients, to be excluded from determinations under subsection (1) or paragraph (2)(b), (3)(b), (3A)(b) or (4)(b).

 (6) For the purpose of making a determination under subsection (1) or paragraph (4)(b) of the amount that would be worked out as the care recipient’s ordinary income for the purpose referred to in that subsection or paragraph, the relevant provisions of the Social Security Act 1991 apply as if:

 (a) paragraph 8(8)(zc) of that Act were omitted; and

 (b) section 1176 of that Act were omitted; and

 (c) any other provision of the social security law (within the meaning of the Social Security Act 1991) were omitted:

 (i) that has the direct or indirect effect of excluding an amount from a person’s ordinary income (within the meaning of that Act); and

 (ii) that is specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

Note: The effect of this subsection is that certain amounts that would not be included when working out a person’s ordinary income under the Social Security Act 1991 will be included for the purposes of working out a care recipient’s total assessable income under this section.

 (7) For the purpose of making a determination under paragraph (2)(b), (3)(b) or (3A)(b) of the amount that would be worked out as the care recipient’s ordinary/adjusted income for the purpose referred to in the relevant paragraph, the relevant provisions of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 apply as if:

 (a) section 59X of that Act were omitted; and

 (b) any other provision of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 were omitted:

 (i) that has the direct or indirect effect of excluding an amount from a person’s ordinary/adjusted income (within the meaning of that Act); and

 (ii) that is specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

Note: The effect of this subsection is that certain amounts that would not be included when working out a person’s ordinary/adjusted income under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 will be included for the purposes of working out a care recipient’s total assessable income under this section.

 (8) The Secretary may, by notice in writing, request one or more of the following:

 (a) the care recipient;

 (b) a person acting for or on behalf of the care recipient;

 (c) any other person whom the Secretary believes has information that would assist the Secretary in making the determination;

to give, within the period specified in the notice, to the Secretary such information as is specified in the notice for the purposes of making the determination.

Note: A person is not obliged to provide the information.

 (9) A determination under subsection (1) or paragraph (2)(b), (3)(b), (3A)(b) or (4)(b) takes effect on the day specified by the Secretary. The day may be earlier than the day on which the determination is made.

 (10) The Secretary must notify, in writing, the care recipient of any determination under subsection (1) or paragraph (2)(b), (3)(b), (3A)(b) or (4)(b).

 (11) The notice must include such matters as are specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (12) A determination made under subsection (1) or paragraph (2)(b), (3)(b), (3A)(b) or (4)(b) is not a legislative instrument.

4426  The care recipient’s total assessable income free area

General rule

 (1) The total assessable income free area for a care recipient (other than a *protected resident) is the sum of:

 (a) the amount worked out by applying point 1064B1 of Pension Rate Calculator A at the end of section 1064 of the Social Security Act 1991; and

 (b) the amount worked out under point 1064BA4 of Pension Rate Calculator A at the end of section 1064 of the Social Security Act 1991; and

 (c) the amount worked out by applying point 1064E4 of Pension Rate Calculator A at the end of section 1064 of the Social Security Act 1991.

Protected residents

 (2) The total assessable income free area for a care recipient who is a *protected resident is the sum of:

 (a) the amount worked out by applying old point 1064B1; and

 (b) the amounts referred to in paragraphs (1)(b) and (c).

Note: Old point 1064B1 is defined in subsection (6).

Definition

 (6) In this section:

old point 1064B1 means point 1064B1 of Pension Rate Calculator A at the end of section 1064 of the Social Security Act 1991, as that point has effect on 19 September 2009.

Subdivision 44FOther supplements

4427  Other supplements

 (1) The other supplements for the care recipient under step 5 of the residential care subsidy calculator in section 442 are such of the following supplements as apply to the care recipient in respect of the *payment period:

 (a) the pensioner supplement (see section 4428);

 (c) the hardship supplement (see section 4430);

 (e) any other supplement set out in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles for the purposes of this paragraph.

Note: The supplements under this Subdivision are not taken into account in applying the income test under Subdivision 44E. (The supplements under Subdivision 44C are taken into account in applying the income test.)

 (2) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may specify, in respect of each other supplement set out for the purposes of paragraph (1)(e), the circumstances in which the supplement will apply to a care recipient in respect of a *payment period.

 (3) The Minister may determine by legislative instrument, in respect of each such supplement, the amount of the supplement, or the way in which the amount of the supplement is to be worked out.

4428  The pensioner supplement

 (1) The pensioner supplement for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all the pensioner supplements for the days during the period on which:

 (a) the care recipient was provided with residential care through the residential care service in question; and

 (b) the care recipient was eligible for a pensioner supplement.

 (2) Subject to subsections (3), (5) and (6), the care recipient is eligible for a pensioner supplement on a particular day if:

 (a) the care recipient is a *pre2008 reform resident; and

 (b) if the day falls before 20 March 2008—on that particular day any of the following apply to the care recipient:

 (i) the care recipient was receiving an *income support payment;

 (ii) the care recipient had a *dependent child;

 (iii) the care recipient was provided with *respite care;

 (iv) the care recipient was included in a class of people specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles; and

 (c) if the day falls on or after 20 March 2008—on that particular day any of the following apply to the care recipient:

 (i) the care recipient was receiving an income support payment;

 (ii) the care recipient had a dependent child;

 (iii) the care recipient was included in a class of people specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (3) The care recipient is not eligible for a pensioner supplement on a particular day if:

 (a) an *accommodation bond was paid, or agreed to be paid, by the care recipient for *entry to the residential care service; and

 (b) either:

 (i) if the time (the entry time) of the care recipient’s entry was before 20 September 2009—that accommodation bond exceeded the amount obtained by rounding to the nearest $500.00 (rounding $250.00 upwards) an amount equal to 10 times the *basic age pension amount; or

 (ii) if the time (the entry time) of the care recipient’s entry was on or after 20 September 2009—that accommodation bond exceeded the amount obtained by rounding to the nearest $500.00 (rounding $250.00 upwards) an amount equal to 9 times the *basic age pension amount;

unless, on that day, the care recipient had a dependent child.

 (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), if the care recipient elects under subsection 5717(1) to pay an *accommodation bond by periodic payments, the amount of the accommodation bond is taken to be what would have been payable by the care recipient in accordance with Subdivision 57D had the care recipient paid it as a lump sum.

 (5) If the care recipient has failed to give to the Secretary information that the Secretary requests for the purpose of determining the care recipient’s *total assessable income under section 4424, the care recipient is not eligible for a pensioner supplement for any of the days during the period:

 (a) starting on the day on which the care recipient failed to give to the Secretary that information; and

 (b) finishing at the end of the day before the day on which the care recipient gave to the Secretary that information.

 (6) If the care recipient has elected not to give any information to the Secretary for the purpose of determining the care recipient’s *total assessable income under section 4424, the care recipient is not eligible for a pensioner supplement for any of the days during the period:

 (a) starting on the day on which the care recipient made the election; and

 (b) finishing at the end of the day before the day on which the care recipient gives to the Secretary a written notice revoking the election.

Note: Care recipients are not obliged to give the Secretary the information. They can choose not to give the information, but, in addition to the effect this has on the income test (see section 4423), a pensioner supplement will not apply.

 (7) The pensioner supplement for a particular day is the amount determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

 (8) The Minister may determine different amounts (including nil amounts) based on any matters determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

4430  The hardship supplement

 (1) The hardship supplement for the care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the sum of all the hardship supplements for the days during the period on which:

 (a) the care recipient was provided with residential care through the residential care service in question; and

 (b) the care recipient was eligible for a hardship supplement.

 (2) Subject to subsection (4), the care recipient is eligible for a hardship supplement on a particular day if:

 (a) the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles specify one or more classes of care recipients to be care recipients for whom paying the maximum daily amount of resident fees worked out under section 582 would cause financial hardship; and

 (b) on that day, the care recipient is included in such a class.

 (3) Subject to subsection (4), the care recipient is also eligible for a hardship supplement on a particular day if a determination is in force under section 4431 in relation to the care recipient.

 (4) The care recipient is not eligible for a hardship supplement in respect of a day if, on that day, the care recipient is being provided with residential care on an extra service basis (see Division 36 of the Aged Care Act 1997).

 (5) The hardship supplement for a particular day is the amount:

 (a) determined by the Minister by legislative instrument; or

 (b) worked out in accordance with a method determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

 (6) The Minister may determine different amounts (including nil amounts) or methods based on any matters determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

4431  Determining cases of financial hardship

 (1) The Secretary may, in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, determine that the care recipient is eligible for a hardship supplement if the Secretary is satisfied that paying the maximum daily amount of resident fees worked out under section 582 would cause the care recipient financial hardship.

Note: Refusals to make determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (2) In deciding whether to make a determination under this section, and in determining a lesser amount, the Secretary must have regard to the matters (if any) specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (3) A determination under this section ceases to be in force at the end of a specified period, or on the occurrence of a specified event, if the determination so provides.

Note: Decisions to specify periods or events are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (4) Application may be made to the Secretary, in the form approved by the Secretary, for a determination under this section. The application may be made by:

 (a) the care recipient; or

 (b) an approved provider who is providing, or is to provide, residential care to the care recipient.

 (5) If the Secretary needs further information to determine the application, the Secretary may give to the applicant a notice requesting the applicant to give the further information:

 (a) within 28 days after receiving the notice; or

 (b) within such other period as is specified in the notice.

 (6) The application is taken to have been withdrawn if the information is not given within whichever of those periods applies. The notice must contain a statement setting out the effect of this subsection.

Note: The period for giving the further information can be extended—see section 967.

 (7) The Secretary must notify the care recipient and the approved provider, in writing, of the Secretary’s decision on whether to make the determination. The notice must be given:

 (a) within 28 days after receiving the application; or

 (b) if the Secretary has requested further information under subsection (5)—within 28 days after receiving the information.

 (8) If the Secretary makes the determination, the notice must set out:

 (a) any period at the end of which; or

 (b) any event on the occurrence of which;

the determination will cease to be in force.

 (9) A determination under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.

Part 3.2Home care subsidy

Division 45Introduction

451  What this Part is about

The *home care subsidy is a payment by the Commonwealth to approved providers for providing home care to care recipients.

However, any *unspent home care amount (which may include home care subsidy) of a care recipient must be dealt with by an approved provider in accordance with the User Rights Principles.

Table of Divisions

45 Introduction

46 Who is eligible for home care subsidy?

47 On what basis is home care subsidy paid?

48 What is the amount of home care subsidy?

452  Home care subsidy also dealt with in Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles

  *Home care subsidy is also dealt with in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles. Provisions of this Part indicate when a particular matter is or may be dealt with in those Principles.

Note: The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles are made by the Minister under section 961.

453  Meaning of home care

 (1) Home care is care consisting of a package of personal care services and other personal assistance provided to a person who is not being provided with residential care.

 (2) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may specify care that:

 (a) constitutes home care for the purposes of this Act; or

 (b) does not constitute home care for the purposes of this Act.

Division 46Who is eligible for home care subsidy?

461  Eligibility for home care subsidy

 (1) An approved provider is eligible for *home care subsidy in respect of a day if the Secretary is satisfied that:

 (a) the approval of the approved provider is in respect of home care; and

 (b) on that day there is in force a *home care agreement under which a care recipient approved under Part 2.3 of the Aged Care Act 1997 in respect of home care is to be provided with home care by the approved provider through a home care service; and

 (c) the home care service is a notified home care service; and

 (d) the care recipient is a *prioritised home care recipient; and

 (e) on that day the approved provider provides the care recipient with such home care (if any) as is required under the home care agreement; and

 (f) the approved provider has agreed in the claim relating to the day to deal with the care recipient’s *unspent home care amount in accordance with the User Rights Principles.

Note: Eligibility may also be affected by Division 7 of the Aged Care Act 1997 (relating to a person’s approval as a provider of aged care services) or Division 20 of that Act (relating to a person’s approval as a recipient of home care).

 (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), a home care service is a notified home care service if the approved provider has notified the Secretary of the information required by section 91A of the Aged Care Act 1997 in relation to the home care service.

462  Suspension of home care services

 (1) A care recipient who is being provided with home care by an approved provider in accordance with a *home care agreement may request the approved provider to suspend, on a temporary basis, the provision of that home care, commencing on a date specified in the request.

 (2) The approved provider must comply with the request.

 (3) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may specify requirements relating to the suspension, on a temporary basis, of home care.

464  Notice of refusal to pay home care subsidy

 (1) If:

 (a) an approved provider has claimed *home care subsidy in respect of a person; and

 (b) the approved provider is not eligible for home care subsidy in respect of that person;

the Secretary must, within 28 days after receiving the claim, notify the approved provider in writing accordingly.

 (2) A notice given under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.

Division 47On what basis is home care subsidy paid?

471  Payability of home care subsidy

 (1) *Home care subsidy is payable by the Commonwealth to an approved provider in respect of each *payment period (see section 472) during which the approved provider is eligible under section 461.

 (1A) However, *home care subsidy is not payable:

 (a) in respect of any days during a *payment period on which the approved provider is not eligible; or

 (b) in respect of a payment period if the approved provider has not given to the Secretary under section 474:

 (i) a claim in respect of the payment period; and

 (ii) a claim in respect of each preceding payment period (if any) ending on or after the first day on which the approved provider is eligible under section 461.

 (2) *Home care subsidy is separately payable by the Commonwealth in respect of each home care service through which an approved provider provides home care.

472  Meaning of payment period

  A payment period is:

 (a) a calendar month; or

 (b) such other period as is set out in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

474  Claims for home care subsidy

  For the purpose of obtaining payment of *home care subsidy in respect of a home care service through which an approved provider provides home care, the approved provider must, as soon as practicable after the end of each *payment period, give to the Secretary:

 (a) a claim, in the form approved by the Secretary, for home care subsidy that is, or may become, payable in respect of the service for that payment period; and

 (b) any information relating to the claim that is stated in the form to be required, or that the Secretary requests.

474A  Variations of claims for home care subsidy

 (1) An approved provider may vary the claim made in respect of a *payment period within:

 (a) either:

 (i) the period specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles; or

 (ii) if no such period is specified—2 years after the end of that payment period; or

 (b) such longer period as is determined in respect of the claim by the Secretary.

 (1A) Without limiting subparagraph (1)(a)(i), the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may specify different periods in respect of different classes of variations.

 (2) In determining a longer period for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), the Secretary must be satisfied that a variation is required:

 (a) due to an administrative error made by the Commonwealth or an agent of the Commonwealth; or

 (b) because the Commonwealth or an agent of the Commonwealth considers that the circumstances of a care recipient are different from those on the basis of which subsidy was claimed.

Note: Determinations of periods under paragraph (1)(b) are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (3) A determination made under paragraph (1)(b) is not a legislative instrument.

475  Recovery of overpayments

  This Division does not affect the Commonwealth’s right to recover overpayments under Part 6.5 of the Aged Care Act 1997.

Division 48What is the amount of home care subsidy?

481  Amount of home care subsidy

 (1) The amount of *home care subsidy that is payable to an approved provider in respect of a *payment period for a home care service is the sum of the amounts of home care subsidy payable to the approved provider in respect of each care recipient:

 (a) in respect of whom there is in force a *home care agreement for provision of home care provided through the service during the period; and

 (b) in respect of whom the approved provider was eligible under section 461 for home care subsidy during the period.

 (2) The amount of *home care subsidy payable to the approved provider in respect of a care recipient in respect of the *payment period is the amount:

 (a) specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles; or

 (b) worked out in accordance with a method specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (3) Without limiting subsection (2), the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles made for the purposes of subsection (2) may authorise the making of legislative instruments by the Minister.

Part 3.3Flexible care subsidy

Division 49Introduction

491  What this Part is about

The *flexible care subsidy is a payment by the Commonwealth to approved providers for providing flexible care to care recipients.

Table of Divisions

49 Introduction

50 Who is eligible for flexible care subsidy?

51 On what basis is flexible care subsidy paid?

52 What is the amount of flexible care subsidy?

492  Flexible care subsidy also dealt with in Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles

  *Flexible care subsidy is also dealt with in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles. Provisions of this Part indicate when a particular matter is or may be dealt with in those Principles.

Note: The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles are made by the Minister under section 961.

493  Meaning of flexible care

  Flexible care means care provided in a residential or community setting through an *aged care service that addresses the needs of care recipients in alternative ways to the care provided through residential care services and home care services.

Division 50Who is eligible for flexible care subsidy?

501  Eligibility for flexible care subsidy

 (1) An approved provider is eligible for *flexible care subsidy in respect of a day if the Secretary is satisfied that, during that day:

 (a) the approved provider holds an allocation of *places for flexible care subsidy that is in force under Part 2.2 of the Aged Care Act 1997 (other than a *provisional allocation); and

 (b) the approved provider:

 (i) provides flexible care to a care recipient who is approved under Part 2.3 of the Aged Care Act 1997 in respect of flexible care; or

 (ii) provides flexible care to a care recipient who is included in a class of people who, under the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, do not need approval under Part 2.3 of the Aged Care Act 1997 in respect of flexible care; or

 (iii) is taken to provide flexible care in the circumstances set out in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles; and

 (c) the flexible care is of a kind for which flexible care subsidy may be payable (see section 502).

 (2) However, the approved provider is not eligible in respect of flexible care provided to the care recipient if the care is excluded because the approved provider exceeds the approved provider’s allocation of *places for *flexible care subsidy (see section 503).

Note: Eligibility may also be affected by Division 7 of the Aged Care Act 1997 (relating to a person’s approval as a provider of aged care services) or Division 20 of that Act (relating to a person’s approval as a recipient of flexible care).

502  Kinds of care for which flexible care subsidy may be payable

 (1) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may specify kinds of care for which *flexible care subsidy may be payable.

 (2) Kinds of care may be specified by reference to one or more of the following:

 (a) the nature of the care;

 (b) the circumstances in which the care is provided;

 (c) the nature of the locations in which it is provided;

 (d) the groups of people to whom it is provided;

 (e) the period during which the care is provided;

 (f) any other matter.

Note: Examples of the kinds of care that might be specified are:

(a) care for *people with special needs;

(b) care provided in small, rural or remote communities;

(c) care provided through a pilot program for alternative means of providing care;

(d) care provided as part of coordinated service and accommodation arrangements directed at meeting several health and community service needs.

503  Exceeding the number of places for which there is an allocation

 (1) For the purposes of an approved provider’s eligibility for *flexible care subsidy, flexible care provided to a particular care recipient on a particular day is excluded if:

 (a) the number of care recipients provided with flexible care by the approved provider during that day exceeds the number of *places included in the approved provider’s allocation of places for flexible care subsidy; and

 (b) the Secretary decides, in accordance with subsection (2), that the flexible care provided to that particular care recipient on that day is to be excluded.

 (2) In deciding under paragraph (1)(b) which flexible care is to be excluded, the Secretary must:

 (a) make the number of exclusions necessary to ensure that the number of *places for which *flexible care subsidy will be payable does not exceed the number of places included in the approved provider’s allocation of places for flexible care subsidy; and

 (b) exclude the flexible care in the reverse order in which the care recipients in question *entered the flexible care service for the provision of flexible care.

504  Notice of refusal to pay flexible care subsidy

 (1) If:

 (a) an approved provider has claimed *flexible care subsidy in respect of a person; and

 (b) the approved provider is not eligible for flexible care subsidy in respect of that person;

the Secretary must notify the approved provider, in writing, accordingly.

 (2) A notice given under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.

Division 51On what basis is flexible care subsidy paid?

511  Payment of flexible care subsidy

 (1) *Flexible care subsidy in respect of a particular kind of flexible care is payable in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (2) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may, in relation to each kind of flexible care, provide for one or more of the following:

 (a) the periods in respect of which *flexible care subsidy is payable;

 (b) the payment of flexible care subsidy in advance;

 (c) the way in which claims for flexible care subsidy are to be made;

 (d) any other matter relating to the payment of flexible care subsidy.

Division 52What is the amount of flexible care subsidy?

521  Amounts of flexible care subsidy

 (1) The amount of *flexible care subsidy that is payable in respect of a day is the amount:

 (a) determined by the Minister by legislative instrument; or

 (b) worked out in accordance with a method determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

 (2) The Minister may determine rates of or methods for working out *flexible care subsidy based on any matters determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

Chapter 4Responsibilities of approved providers

Part 4.2User rights

Division 57What are the responsibilities relating to accommodation bonds?

571  What this Division is about

If an approved provider charges an *accommodation bond for the *entry of a care recipient to a residential care service or flexible care service, several rules must be followed. These relate particularly to prudential arrangements, *accommodation bond agreements, the amount of the bond and its payment, treatment of income derived from the bond, deductions from the bond and refunding the bond.

If an approved provider has been given or loaned an *entry contribution, several rules must be followed. Rules set out in Part 3A.3 of the Aged Care Act 1997 relate particularly to prudential arrangements and payment of interest on *entry contribution balances. Other rules are set out in section 71 of the Aged Care (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997.

Table of Subdivisions

57A The basic rules

57C Accommodation bond agreements

57D Amounts of accommodation bonds

57E Payment of accommodation bonds

57F Rights of approved providers

Subdivision 57AThe basic rules

572  Basic rules about accommodation bonds

 (1) The rules relating to charging an *accommodation bond for the *entry of a person to a residential care service, or flexible care service, as a care recipient are as follows:

 (a) subject to this subsection, an accommodation bond must be charged for the entry if:

 (i) the care recipient enters the service within 28 days after the day on which the care recipient ceased (other than because the care recipient is on *leave) being provided with care through another such service (the prior service); and

 (ii) an accommodation bond was paid by the care recipient for entry to the prior service;

 (aa) the care recipient is not a care recipient eligible for a concessional resident supplement under paragraph 446(3)(a);

 (b) the entry must not be for the purpose of the provision of *respite care;

 (c) the approved provider conducting the residential care service or flexible care service must comply with the prudential requirements (see section 52M1 of the Aged Care Act 1997);

 (d) the approved provider must, before the recipient enters the service, provide the care recipient with such information about the accommodation bond as is specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles;

 (e) the approved provider must have entered into an *accommodation bond agreement (see section 579) with the care recipient before, or within 21 days after, the care recipient entered the service;

Note: This time limit is extended in some cases if certain legal processes relating to the care recipient’s mental impairment are in progress—see subsection (2) of this section.

 (f) another person must not be required to pay the accommodation bond as a condition of the care recipient entering the residential care service or flexible care service;

 (g) the accommodation bond must not exceed the maximum amount under section 5712 or 5713, or paragraph 5714(1)(b), as the case requires, and the care recipient must not be charged more than one accommodation bond in respect of entering the service;

 (h) the accommodation bond must not be charged if a determination is in force under paragraph 5714(1)(a) that paying an accommodation bond would cause the care recipient financial hardship;

 (i) payment of the accommodation bond can only be required during a period specified in section 5716;

 (j) payment of the accommodation bond by periodic payments must meet the requirements set out in section 5717;

 (k) the approved provider must not use the accommodation bond unless the use of the bond is *permitted (see section 52N1 of the Aged Care Act 1997);

Note: For the use of bonds charged before 1 October 2011, see Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Aged Care Amendment Act 2011.

 (ka) the approved provider must comply with the prudential requirements (see section 52M1 of the Aged Care Act 1997);

 (l) the approved provider is entitled to income derived from investing the *accommodation bond balance (see section 5718);

 (m) amounts must not be deducted from the accommodation bond balance, except for amounts deducted under section 5719;

 (o) the approved provider must not charge an accommodation bond if:

 (i) a sanction has been imposed on the approved provider under section 63N of the *Quality and Safety Commission Act; and

 (ii) the sanction prohibits the charging of an accommodation bond for the entry;

 (p) any other rules specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (2) If, at the end of the 21 days mentioned in paragraph (1)(e):

 (a) the approved provider and the care recipient have not entered into an *accommodation bond agreement; and

 (b) a process under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory has begun for a person (other than an approved provider) to be appointed, by reason that the care recipient has a mental impairment, as the care recipient’s legal representative;

the time limit in that paragraph is extended until the end of 7 days after:

 (c) the appointment is made; or

 (d) a decision is made not to make the appointment; or

 (e) the process ends for some other reason;

or for such further period as the Secretary allows, having regard to any matters specified in the User Rights Principles.

Subdivision 57CAccommodation bond agreements

579  Contents of accommodation bond agreements

 (1) An agreement between an approved provider and a person proposing to *enter, or having entered, as a care recipient to a residential care service, or flexible care service, through which the approved provider provides care is an accommodation bond agreement if it sets out the following:

 (a) the amount of the *accommodation bond that:

 (i) will be payable if the care recipient enters the residential care service or flexible care service; or

 (ii) if the care recipient has already entered the residential care service or flexible care service—is payable;

 (b) the care recipient’s proposed date of entry, or date of entry, to the residential care service or flexible care service;

 (c) how the accommodation bond is to be paid, and if the accommodation bond is to be paid by periodic payments, the conditions relating to the periodic payments (which must comply with the requirements of section 5717);

 (d) when the accommodation bond is payable;

 (e) the amount of each retention amount (within the meaning of section 5720) that will be deducted from the *accommodation bond balance;

 (f) when retention amounts and other amounts permitted by section 5719 to be deducted from the accommodation bond balance will be deducted;

 (g) unless the care recipient has already entered the residential care service or flexible care service—the conditions that will apply if the care recipient agrees to pay the accommodation bond but then does not enter the residential care service or flexible care service (including the conditions that will apply if the person chooses not to enter the service);

 (h) whether agreeing to pay the accommodation bond entitles the care recipient to specific accommodation or additional services within the residential care service or flexible care service;

 (i) if the accommodation bond is such an amount that, under subsection 4428(3), the care recipient would not be eligible for a *pensioner supplement—any additional resident fees that will be payable by the care recipient as a result of not being so eligible;

 (j) any financial hardship provisions that apply to the care recipient;

 (k) the circumstances in which the accommodation bond balance must be refunded and the way the amount of the refund will be worked out;

 (l) such other matters as are specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (2) The User Rights Principles may specify, but are not limited to, matters relating to the following:

 (a) the specific entitlements of care recipients arising from entering into an *accommodation bond agreement;

 (d) a care recipient’s obligations;

 (e) alleviating financial hardship.

5710  Accommodation bond agreements may be incorporated into other agreements

  For the purposes of this Division, a person is taken to have entered into an *accommodation bond agreement if the person has entered into an agreement that contains the provisions required by section 579.

Example: These provisions may be included in a *resident agreement.

5711  Agreements cannot affect requirements of this Division

  The requirements of this Division apply despite any provision of an *accommodation bond agreement, or any other agreement, to the contrary.

Subdivision 57DAmounts of accommodation bonds

5712  Maximum amount of accommodation bond

 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and sections 5713 and 5714, the maximum amount of an *accommodation bond for the *entry of a person as a care recipient to a residential care service or flexible care service is whichever is the lowest of the following:

 (a) the amount of the accommodation bond specified in the *accommodation bond agreement;

 (b) an amount that, when subtracted from an amount equal to the value of the care recipient’s assets at the time of the care recipient’s entry to the residential care service or flexible care service, leaves an amount at least equal to the care recipient’s minimum permissible asset value (see subsection (3));

 (c) such amount as is specified in, or worked out in accordance with, the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

Note: The operation of this section may be modified if, before entering an accommodation bond agreement, the care recipient gives the approved provider a determination under section 448AB of the value of the care recipient’s assets. See subsection (5).

 (2) If:

 (a) a care recipient proposes to *enter a residential care service, or flexible care service, conducted by an approved provider; and

 (b) the care recipient does not, before entering an *accommodation bond agreement, give to the approved provider sufficient information about the care recipient’s assets for the approved provider to be able to determine the amounts referred to in paragraph (1)(b);

the maximum amount of an *accommodation bond for the entry of the person as a care recipient to the residential care service or flexible care service is the lesser of the amounts referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (c).

 (3) A care recipient’s minimum permissible asset value is:

 (a) if the time (the entry time) of the care recipient’s *entry to the residential care service or flexible care service is before 20 September 2009:

 (i) the amount obtained by rounding to the nearest $500.00 (rounding $250.00 upwards) an amount equal to 2.5 times the *basic age pension amount at the entry time; or

 (ii) such higher amount as is specified in, or worked out in accordance with, the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles; or

 (b) if the time (the entry time) of the care recipient’s entry to the residential care service or flexible care service is on or after 20 September 2009:

 (i) the amount obtained by rounding to the nearest $500.00 (rounding $250.00 upwards) an amount equal to 2.25 times the *basic age pension amount at the entry time; or

 (ii) such higher amount as is specified in, or worked out in accordance with, the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (4) The value of a care recipient’s assets is to be worked out in the same way as it would be worked out under section 4410 for the purposes of section 445B, 447 or 448.

 (5) However, subsections (1), (2) and (3) are modified as described in the table, and subsection (4) does not apply, if, before entering the *accommodation bond agreement, the care recipient gives the approved provider a copy of a determination that:

 (a) is a determination under section 448AB of the value of the care recipient’s assets at a time (the valuation time) that is before or at the time (the entry time) the care recipient *enters the residential care service or flexible care service; and

 (b) is in force at the entry time, if that is after the valuation time.

 

Modifications of subsections (1), (2) and (3)

 

If:

Subsections (1), (2) and (3) have effect as if:

1

The valuation time is before the entry time

(a) the references in paragraph (1)(b) and subsection (3) to the time of the care recipient’s *entry to the residential care service or flexible care service were references to the valuation time; and

(b) the value of the care recipient’s assets at the valuation time were the value specified in the determination

2

The valuation time is at the entry time

The value of the care recipient’s assets at the entry time were the value specified in the determination

5713  Maximum amount of accommodation bond if care recipient moves between aged care services

 (1) If paragraph 572(1)(a) applies in relation to the charging of an *accommodation bond for *entry by a care recipient to an *aged care service, the maximum amount of the accommodation bond for the entry of the care recipient to the service is the amount set out in subsection (2) of this section.

 (2) The amount is the *accommodation bond balance that was refunded or is payable to the care recipient under Division 52P of the Aged Care Act 1997 in respect of the *accommodation bond referred to in subparagraph 572(1)(a)(ii).

5714  Accommodation bond in cases of financial hardship

 (1) The Secretary may determine, in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, that a person:

 (a) must not be charged an *accommodation bond because payment of an accommodation bond would cause the person financial hardship; or

 (b) must not be charged an accommodation bond of more than a specified maximum amount because payment of more than that amount would cause the person financial hardship.

Note: Refusals to make determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (2) Without limiting the circumstances that constitute financial hardship for the purposes of this section, such circumstances include any circumstances specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (3) The determination ceases to be in force at the end of a specified period or on the occurrence of a specified event, if the determination so provides.

Note: Decisions to specify periods or events are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (4) Application may be made to the Secretary, in the form approved by the Secretary, for a determination under subsection (1) that payment of an *accommodation bond, or an accommodation bond of more than a specified maximum amount, would cause the person financial hardship. The application may be made by:

 (a) the person; or

 (b) an approved provider to which the accommodation bond, or a larger accommodation bond, would otherwise be paid.

 (5) If the Secretary needs further information to determine the application, the Secretary may give to the applicant a notice requiring the applicant to give the further information:

 (a) within 28 days after receiving the notice; or

 (b) within such other period as is specified in the notice.

The application is taken to have been withdrawn if the information is not given within whichever of those periods applies. The notice must contain a statement setting out the effect of this subsection.

Note: The period for giving the further information can be extended—see section 967.

 (6) The Secretary must notify the person and the approved provider, in writing, of the Secretary’s decision on whether to make the determination. The notice must be given:

 (a) within 28 days after receiving the application; or

 (b) if the Secretary has requested further information under subsection (5)—within 28 days after receiving the information.

 (7) If the Secretary makes a determination, the notice must:

 (a) set out any period at the end of which, or any event on the occurrence of which, the determination will cease to be in force; and

 (b) if the determination is that a person must not be charged an *accommodation bond of more than a specified maximum amount—specify the maximum amount of the accommodation bond.

5715  Revocation of determinations of financial hardship

 (1) The Secretary may, in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, revoke a determination made under section 5714.

Note: Revocations of determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (2) Before deciding to revoke the determination, the Secretary must notify the person, and an approved provider who is providing or is to provide residential care or flexible care to the person, that revocation is being considered. The notice must be in writing and must:

 (a) invite the person and the approved provider to make submissions, in writing, to the Secretary within 28 days after receiving the notice; and

 (b) inform them that if no submissions are made within that period, the revocation takes effect on the day after the last day for making submissions.

 (3) In making the decision whether to revoke the determination, the Secretary must consider any submissions received within the period for making submissions. The Secretary must make the decision within 28 days after the end of that period.

 (4) The Secretary must notify, in writing, the person and the approved provider of the decision.

 (5) The notice must be given to the person and the approved provider within 28 days after the end of the period for making submissions. If the notice is not given within that period, the Secretary is taken to have decided not to revoke the determination.

 (6) A revocation has effect:

 (a) if the person and the approved provider received notice under subsection (4) on the same day—the day after that day; or

 (b) if they received the notice on different days—the day after the later of those days.

Subdivision 57EPayment of accommodation bonds

5716  Period for payment of accommodation bond

  A care recipient must not be required to pay an *accommodation bond:

 (a) before the end of such period as is specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles; or

 (b) if no period is specified—before the end of 6 months;

after *entry to the residential care service or flexible care service.

Note: However, under sections 5718 and 5720, amounts representing income derived and retention amounts are payable from the date a care recipient *enters a residential care service or a flexible care service.

5717  Payment of an accommodation bond by periodic payments

 (1) A care recipient may elect that an *accommodation bond is to be paid, in whole or in part, by periodic payments.

 (2) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may specify:

 (a) the frequency of periodic payments; and

 (b) the method for working out amounts of periodic payments (including a method where only part of the *accommodation bond is to be paid by periodic payments); and

 (c) any other matters relating to periodic payments.

 (3) The method specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles for working out amounts of periodic payments must have regard to:

 (a) the income that the approved provider could be expected to have derived; and

 (b) the retention amounts that would have been permitted to be deducted under section 5720;

if the *accommodation bond had been paid as a lump sum.

Subdivision 57FRights of approved providers

5718  Approved provider may retain income derived

 (1) An approved provider may retain income derived from the investment of an *accommodation bond balance in respect of an *accommodation bond paid to the approved provider.

 (2) Despite section 5716, if a care recipient pays an *accommodation bond to an approved provider after the due date (see subsection (6)), the care recipient may be required to pay to the approved provider an amount representing the income the approved provider could be expected to have derived, through investing the *accommodation bond balance, during the period:

 (a) beginning on the due date; and

 (b) ending on the day on which the *accommodation bond was paid.

 (3) If the care recipient is provided with care for 2 months or less, the care recipient may be required to pay to the approved provider an amount representing the income the approved provider could be expected to have derived, through investing the *accommodation bond balance, during:

 (a) the whole of the month in which the care recipient *entered the residential care service or flexible care service; and

 (b) the 2 following months;

unless the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles specify that a lesser amount is payable.

Example: If a care recipient *entered a residential care service on 20 January and left on 3 March, the amount would be the amount the approved provider could have been expected to have derived if the care recipient received care for the whole of January, February and March.

 (4) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may specify a method for working out the amounts referred to in subsections (2) and (3).

 (5) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may provide that, in the circumstances specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, an approved provider must not retain income derived, from the investment of an *accommodation bond balance, in respect of periods specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (6) In this section:

due date means:

 (a) in relation to an *accommodation bond payable by a care recipient for *entry to a residential care service—the day on which the care recipient entered the residential care service; or

 (b) in relation to an accommodation bond payable by a care recipient for entry to a flexible care service—the day on which the care recipient entered the flexible care service.

5719  Amounts to be deducted from accommodation bond balance

 (1) An approved provider to whom an *accommodation bond was paid by a care recipient may deduct from the *accommodation bond balance:

 (a) retention amounts in respect of the accommodation bond (see section 5720); and

 (b) amounts owed to the approved provider by the care recipient under an *accommodation bond agreement, a *resident agreement or an *extra service agreement; and

 (c) amounts, worked out in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, representing interest on the amounts referred to in paragraph (b).

 (2) The approved provider must not deduct any other amounts from the *accommodation bond balance.

5720  Retention amounts

 (1) A retention amount must not exceed the amount specified in, or worked out in accordance with, the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (2) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may provide that, in the circumstances specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, an approved provider must not deduct any amounts from an *accommodation bond balance in respect of periods specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), a retention amount may be deducted from an *accommodation bond balance for each month, or part of a month, during which the care recipient concerned is:

 (a) provided with residential care through the residential care service in respect of which the *accommodation bond was paid; or

 (b) provided with flexible care through the flexible care service in respect of which the accommodation bond was paid.

 (4) Subject to subsection (5), retention amounts may only be deducted during the period of 5 years, or such other period specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, starting on the latest of the following days:

 (a) the day on which the care recipient *entered the residential care service or flexible care service;

 (c) if a determination under paragraph 5714(1)(a) is in force in respect of the care recipient—the day after the day on which the determination ceases to be in force;

 (d) such other day as is worked out in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (5) If, before the *accommodation bond was paid, amounts had already been deducted from an *accommodation bond balance in respect of another accommodation bond previously paid by the care recipient, the period of 5 years referred to in subsection (4) is reduced by each month in respect of which a retention amount was so deducted.

Note: The effect of this subsection is that all periods spent in residential care or flexible care after an *accommodation bond is first paid will count towards the 5 year maximum under subsection (4) for deducting retention amounts.

Example: If a care recipient initially spends 6 weeks in residential care and then moves to another residential care service, retention amounts can be deducted for 3 months in respect of the 6 weeks of care (see subsection (6)), but after that only for up to 4 years and 9 months.

 (6) For the purposes of this section, if the care recipient is provided with care for 2 months or less, the care recipient is taken, for the purposes of working out retention amounts payable, to have received that care during:

 (a) the whole of the month in which the care recipient *entered the residential care service or flexible care service; and

 (b) the 2 following months;

unless the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles specify that care is taken to have been provided for a shorter period.

Example: A care recipient who *entered a residential care service on 20 January and left on 3 March would be taken to have received care for the whole of January, February and March. Therefore, retention amounts could be deducted for each of these months.

 (7) Deduction of retention amounts must comply with any other requirements specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

Division 57AWhat are the responsibilities relating to accommodation charges?

57A1  What this Division is about

If an approved provider charges an *accommodation charge for the *entry of a care recipient to a residential care service, several rules must be followed. These relate particularly to *accommodation charge agreements, the amount of the charge that accrues and its payment, and treatment of charge payments received.

Table of Subdivisions

57AA The basic rules

57AB Accommodation charge agreements

57AC Daily accrual amounts of accommodation charges

57AD Payment of accommodation charges

Subdivision 57AAThe basic rules

57A2  Basic rules about accommodation charges

 (1) The rules relating to charging an *accommodation charge for the *entry of a person to a residential care service as a care recipient are as follows:

 (a) subject to this subsection, an accommodation charge must be charged for the entry if:

 (i) the care recipient enters the service within 28 days after the day on which the care recipient ceased (other than because the care recipient is on *leave) being provided with care through another such service (the prior service); and

 (ii) an accommodation charge was payable by the care recipient for entry to the prior service;

 (b) the care recipient is not a care recipient eligible for a concessional resident supplement under paragraph 446(3)(a);

 (c) the entry must not be for the purpose of the provision of *respite care;

 (d) the approved provider must, before the care recipient enters the service, provide the care recipient with such information about the accommodation charge as is specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles;

 (e) the approved provider must have entered into an *accommodation charge agreement (see section 57A3) with the care recipient before, or within 21 days after, the care recipient entered the service;

Note: This time limit is extended in some cases if certain legal processes relating to the care recipient’s mental impairment are in progress—see subsection (2) of this section.

 (f) another person must not be required to pay the accommodation charge as a condition of the care recipient entering the residential care service;

 (g) the daily amount at which the accommodation charge accrues must not exceed the maximum provided for by section 57A6 or 57A8A or paragraph 57A9(1)(b) and the care recipient must not be charged more than one accommodation charge in respect of entering the service;

 (h) the accommodation charge must not accrue for any day in contravention of the requirements of section 57A7 (which deals with cessation of the provision of care);

 (i) the accommodation charge must not be charged if a determination is in force under paragraph 57A9(1)(a) that paying an accommodation charge would cause the care recipient financial hardship;

 (j) the approved provider must comply with the requirements of section 57A11 relating to payment of the accommodation charge;

 (k) the care recipient may be required in accordance with section 57A12 to pay interest to the approved provider if some or all of the accommodation charge is not paid within the time that section permits;

 (m) the approved provider must not charge an accommodation charge if:

 (i) a sanction has been imposed on the approved provider under section 63N of the *Quality and Safety Commission Act; and

 (ii) the sanction prohibits the charging of an accommodation charge for the entry;

 (n) any other rules specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (2) If, at the end of the 21 days mentioned in paragraph (1)(e):

 (a) the approved provider and the care recipient have not entered into an *accommodation charge agreement; and

 (b) a process under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory has begun for a person (other than an approved provider) to be appointed, by reason that the care recipient has a mental impairment, as the care recipient’s legal representative;

the time limit in that paragraph is extended until the end of 7 days after:

 (c) the appointment is made; or

 (d) a decision is made not to make the appointment; or

 (e) the process ends for some other reason;

or for such further period as the Secretary allows, having regard to any matters specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

Subdivision 57ABAccommodation charge agreements

57A3  Contents of accommodation charge agreements

 (1) An agreement between an approved provider and a person proposing to *enter, or having entered, as a care recipient to a residential care service through which the approved provider provides care is an accommodation charge agreement if it sets out the following:

 (a) the amount of the *accommodation charge that:

 (i) will accrue for each day (including a day on which the care recipient is on *leave from the residential care service) if the care recipient enters the service; or

 (ii) if the care recipient has already entered the residential care service—has accrued and will accrue for each day (including a day on which the care recipient is on *leave from the service);

 (b) the care recipient’s proposed date of entry, or date of entry, to the residential care service;

 (c) how the accommodation charge is to be paid;

 (d) the time or times when the accommodation charge is payable;

 (e) whether agreeing to pay the accommodation charge entitles the care recipient to specific accommodation or additional services within the residential care service;

 (f) any financial hardship provisions that apply to the care recipient;

 (g) such other matters as are specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (2) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may specify, but are not limited to, matters relating to the following:

 (a) the specific entitlements of care recipients arising from entering into an *accommodation charge agreement;

 (b) the provision of information to third parties about accommodation charges and related matters;

 (c) a care recipient’s obligations;

 (d) alleviating financial hardship.

57A4  Accommodation charge agreements may be incorporated into other agreements

  For the purposes of this Division, a person is taken to have entered into an *accommodation charge agreement if the person has entered into an agreement that contains the provisions required by section 57A3.

Example: These provisions may be included in a *resident agreement.

57A5  Agreements cannot affect requirements of this Division

  The requirements of this Division apply despite any provision of an *accommodation charge agreement, or any other agreement, to the contrary.

Subdivision 57ACDaily accrual amounts of accommodation charges

57A6  Maximum daily accrual amount of accommodation charge

 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and sections 57A8A and 57A9, the maximum daily amount at which an *accommodation charge accrues for the *entry of a person as a care recipient to a residential care service is whichever is the lowest of the following:

 (a) the amount of the daily accrual of the accommodation charge as specified in the *accommodation charge agreement;

 (b) the amount (rounded down to the nearest cent) obtained by:

 (i) taking the amount that, when subtracted from an amount equal to the value of the care recipient’s assets at the time of the care recipient’s entry to the residential care service, leaves an amount at least equal to the care recipient’s minimum permissible asset value as defined in subsection 5712(3); and

 (ii) dividing the result by 2,080;

 (c) such amount as is specified in, or worked out in accordance with, the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

Note: The operation of this section may be modified if, before entering into an accommodation charge agreement, the care recipient gives the approved provider a determination under section 448AB of the value of the care recipient’s assets. See subsection (4).

 (2) If:

 (a) a care recipient proposes to *enter a residential care service conducted by an approved provider; and

 (b) the care recipient does not, before entering into an *accommodation charge agreement, give the approved provider sufficient information about the care recipient’s assets for the approved provider to be able to determine the amounts referred to in paragraph (1)(b);

the maximum daily amount at which an *accommodation charge accrues is the lesser of the amounts mentioned in paragraphs (1)(a) and (c).

 (3) The value of a care recipient’s assets is to be worked out in the same way as it would be worked out under section 4410 for the purposes of section 445B, 447 or 448.

 (4) However, subsections (1) and (2) are modified as described in the table, and subsection (3) does not apply, if, before entering into the *accommodation charge agreement, the care recipient gives the approved provider a copy of a determination that:

 (a) is a determination under section 448AB of the value of the care recipient’s assets at a time (the valuation time) that is before or at the time (the entry time) the care recipient *enters the residential care service; and

 (b) is in force at the entry time, if that is after the valuation time.

 

Modifications of subsections (1) and (2)

 

If:

Subsections (1) and (2) have effect as if:

1

The valuation time is before the entry time

(a) the reference in paragraph (1)(b) to the time of the care recipient’s *entry to the residential care service were a reference to the valuation time; and

(b) the value of the care recipient’s assets at the valuation time were the value specified in the determination; and

(c) subsection 5712(3) defined minimum permissible asset value by reference to the *basic age pension amount at the valuation time (instead of the entry time)

2

The valuation time is at the entry time

The value of the care recipient’s assets at the entry time were the value specified in the determination

57A7  Accommodation charge not to accrue after provision of care has ceased

 (1) An *accommodation charge for *entry to a residential care service must not accrue for any day after the provision of care to the care recipient through that residential care service ceases.

57A8A  Maximum amount of accommodation charge if care recipient moves between aged care services

 (1) If paragraph 57A2(1)(a) applies in relation to the charging of an *accommodation charge for *entry by a care recipient to an *aged care service, the maximum daily amount at which the accommodation charge accrues for the entry of the care recipient to the service is the amount set out in subsection (2) of this section.

 (2) The amount is the maximum daily amount of *accommodation charge that accrued under section 57A6 for entry of the care recipient to the prior service referred to in subparagraph 57A2(1)(a)(i).

57A9  Accommodation charge in cases of financial hardship

 (1) The Secretary may determine, in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, that a person:

 (a) must not be charged an *accommodation charge because payment of an accommodation charge would cause the person financial hardship; or

 (b) must not be charged an accommodation charge of more than a specified maximum daily amount because payment of more than that amount would cause the person financial hardship.

Note: Refusals to make determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (2) Without limiting the circumstances that constitute financial hardship for the purposes of this section, such circumstances include any circumstances specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (3) The determination ceases to be in force at the end of a specified period or on the occurrence of a specified event, if the determination so provides.

Note: Decisions to specify periods or events are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (4) Application may be made to the Secretary, in the form approved by the Secretary, for a determination under subsection (1) that payment of an *accommodation charge, or an accommodation charge of more than a specified maximum daily amount, would cause the person financial hardship. The application may be made by:

 (a) the person; or

 (b) an approved provider to which the accommodation charge, or a larger accommodation charge, would otherwise be paid.

 (5) If the Secretary needs further information to determine the application, the Secretary may give to the applicant a notice requiring the applicant to give the further information:

 (a) within 28 days after receiving the notice; or

 (b) within such other period as is specified in the notice.

The application is taken to have been withdrawn if the information is not given within whichever of those periods applies. The notice must contain a statement setting out the effect of this subsection.

Note: The period for giving the further information can be extended—see section 967.

 (6) The Secretary must notify the person and the approved provider, in writing, of the Secretary’s decision on whether to make the determination. The notice must be given:

 (a) within 28 days after receiving the application; or

 (b) if the Secretary has requested further information under subsection (5)—within 28 days after receiving the information.

 (7) If the Secretary makes the determination, the notice must:

 (a) set out any period at the end of which, or any event on the occurrence of which, the determination will cease to be in force; and

 (b) if the determination is that a person must not be charged an *accommodation charge of more than a specified maximum daily amount—specify the maximum daily amount of the accommodation charge.

57A10  Revocation of determinations of financial hardship

 (1) The Secretary may, in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles, revoke a determination made under section 57A9.

Note: Revocations of determinations are reviewable under Part 6.1.

 (2) Before deciding to revoke the determination, the Secretary must notify the person, and an approved provider who is providing or is to provide residential care to the person, that revocation is being considered. The notice must be in writing and must:

 (a) invite the person and the approved provider to make submissions, in writing, to the Secretary within 28 days after receiving the notice; and

 (b) inform them that if no submissions are made within that period, the revocation takes effect on the day after the last day for making submissions.

 (3) In making the decision whether to revoke the determination, the Secretary must consider any submissions received within the period for making submissions. The Secretary must make the decision within 28 days after the end of that period.

 (4) The Secretary must notify, in writing, the person and the approved provider of the decision.

 (5) The notice must be given to the person and the approved provider within 28 days after the end of the period for making submissions. If the notice is not given within that period, the Secretary is taken to have decided not to revoke the determination.

 (6) A revocation has effect:

 (a) if the person and the approved provider received notice under subsection (4) on the same day—the day after that day; or

 (b) if they received the notice on different days—the day after the later of those days.

Subdivision 57ADPayment of accommodation charges

57A11  Accommodation charge may be payable not more than one month in advance

 (1) A care recipient may be required to pay an *accommodation charge at a time before the day for which the charge will accrue.

 (2) However, the time must not be more than one month before the day for which the charge will accrue and, if the charge does not in fact accrue, the care recipient is entitled to a refund of the amount paid.

57A12  Approved provider may charge interest

 (1) If:

 (a) a care recipient is required, under an *accommodation charge agreement, to pay an amount of *accommodation charge to an approved provider; and

 (b) the care recipient does not pay the required amount before the end of one month after the day for which the charge accrues; and

 (c) the agreement provides for interest to be charged on the balance outstanding at a specified rate;

the care recipient may be required to pay the approved provider interest on the balance outstanding for the period beginning at the end of the one month and continuing while the balance remains unpaid.

 (2) However, the rate at which the interest is charged must not exceed the maximum specified in the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

Division 58What are the responsibilities relating to resident fees?

581  Responsibilities relating to resident fees

  The 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 541(1)(a) of the Aged Care Act 1997 to provide, are as follows:

 (a) subject to section 586, the resident fee in respect of any day must not exceed the sum of:

 (i) the maximum daily amount set under section 582; 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 423(3), taken to be on *leave under section 422;

 (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.

582  Maximum daily amount of resident fees

 (1) The maximum daily amount of resident fees payable by the care recipient is the amount worked out as follows:

Resident fee calculator

Step 1. Work out the *standard resident contribution for the care recipient using section 583, 583B or 583C (whichever is applicable).

Step 2. Add the compensation payment reduction (if any) applicable to the care recipient on the day in question (see section 4420).

Step 3. Add the *daily income tested reduction (if any) applicable to the care recipient on that day (see sections 4421 to 4423).

Step 4. Subtract the amount of any hardship supplement (expressed as a daily amount) applicable to the care recipient on the day in question under section 4430.

Step 5. Add any other amounts agreed between the care recipient and the approved provider in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

Step 6. If, on the day in question, the *place in respect of which residential care is provided to the care recipient has *extra service status, add the extra service amount in respect of the place worked out under section 585.

The result is the maximum daily amount of resident fees for the care recipient.

 (2) Steps 2 to 6 of the resident fee calculator in subsection (1) do not apply in relation to a day on which the care recipient is, because of subsection 423(3), taken to be on *leave under section 422.

583  Standard resident contribution

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 583C applies;

is the amount referred to in subsection 583B(3) or 583C(3) (as the case requires).

583A  Meaning of preSeptember 2009 resident and postSeptember 2009 resident

PreSeptember 2009 resident

 (1) A person is a preSeptember 2009 resident if:

 (a) the person is being provided with residential care through a residential care service; and

 (b) either:

 (i) the person *entered a residential care service before 20 September 2009; or

 (ii) the person was on *preentry leave from a residential care service immediately before 20 September 2009 and the person entered the residential care service on or after 20 September 2009 at the end of that preentry leave; and

 (c) the person has not had a break in residential care of more than 28 days between:

 (i) the last residential care service through which residential care was provided, or taken to be provided, to the person before 20 September 2009 and the next residential care service through which residential care is provided, or taken to be provided, to the person; and

 (ii) any residential care service through which residential care is provided, or taken to be provided, to the person on or after 20 September 2009 and the next residential care service through which residential care is provided, or taken to be provided, to the person.

PostSeptember 2009 resident

 (2) A person is a postSeptember 2009 resident if:

 (a) the person is being provided with residential care through a residential care service; and

 (b) the person is not a *preSeptember 2009 resident.

Break in residential care

 (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), the period:

 (a) beginning on the day on which a person ceases to be provided with residential care through a residential care service (other than because the person is on *leave from the residential care service); and

 (b) ending on the day on which the person *enters, or begins *preentry leave, with the next residential care service through which residential care is provided, or taken to be provided, to the person;

is a break in residential care for the person.

Person not provided with residential care while on respite leave

 (4) For the purposes of subsections (1), (2) and (3), a person is not provided, or taken to be provided, with residential care during any period during which the person is being provided with *respite care.

583B  Standard resident contribution—protected residents

Meaning of protected resident

 (1) A care recipient is a protected resident if:

 (a) the care recipient is a *preSeptember 2009 resident; and

 (b) the care recipient is not a *pre2008 reform resident to whom section 583C applies; and

 (c) on 19 September 2009, the care recipient was not receiving an *income support payment.

 (2) A care recipient is also a protected resident if:

 (a) the care recipient is a *preSeptember 2009 resident; and

 (b) the care recipient is not a *pre2008 reform resident to whom section 583C applies; and

 (c) on 19 September 2009, the care recipient was receiving an *income support payment; and

 (d) the amount determined under paragraph 4424(2)(b), (3)(b) or (4)(b) (as the case requires), for the purposes of working out the care recipient’s *total assessable income in respect of 20 September 2009, is equal to or more than the sum of:

 (i) the amount worked out by applying point 1064E4 of Pension Rate Calculator A at the end of section 1064 of the Social Security Act 1991; and

 (ii) $5,668.00.

Standard resident contribution

 (3) The standard resident contribution for a care recipient who is a *protected resident is the amount obtained by rounding down to the nearest cent an amount equal to 77.5% of the *basic age pension amount (worked out on a per day basis).

583C  Standard resident contribution—certain pre2008 reform residents

Care recipients to whom this section applies

 (1) This section applies to a care recipient if:

 (a) the care recipient is a *pre2008 reform resident; and

 (b) on 19 September 2009, the care recipient did not have a dependent child; and

 (c) on 19 September 2009, one or more of the following requirements is met:

 (i) the care recipient was not receiving an *income support payment;

 (ii) for *entry to the residential care service in question, the care recipient had paid an *accommodation bond that was more than the amount obtained by rounding to the nearest $500.00 (rounding $250.00 upwards) an amount equal to 10 times the *basic age pension amount at the time of entry;

 (iii) the *daily income tested reduction in respect of the care recipient was an amount worked out under section 4423; and

 (d) on 20 September 2009 and on each day since that day, the care recipient does not have a *dependent child; and

 (e) on 20 September 2009 and on each day since that day, one or more of the following requirements is met:

 (i) the care recipient is not receiving an *income support payment;

 (ii) if the care recipient *entered the residential care service in question before 20 September 2009—the care recipient paid an *accommodation bond for the entry that was more than the amount obtained by rounding to the nearest $500.00 (rounding $250.00 upwards) an amount equal to 10 times the *basic age pension amount at the time of entry;

 (iii) if the care recipient *entered the residential care service in question on or after 20 September 2009—the care recipient paid an *accommodation bond that was more than the amount obtained by rounding to the nearest $500.00 (rounding $250.00 upwards) an amount equal to 9 times the *basic age pension amount at the time of entry;

 (iv) the *daily income tested reduction in respect of the care recipient was an amount worked out under section 4423.

 (2) For the purposes of subparagraphs (1)(c)(ii), (1)(e)(ii) and (1)(e)(iii), if the care recipient has elected under subsection 5717(1) to pay an *accommodation bond by periodic payments, the amount of the accommodation bond is taken to be what would have been payable by the care recipient in accordance with Subdivision 57E had the care recipient paid it as a lump sum.

Standard resident contribution

 (3) The standard resident contribution for a care recipient to whom this section applies is the amount obtained by rounding down to the nearest cent an amount equal to 96.5% of the *basic age pension amount (worked out on a per day basis).

585  Extra service amount

  The extra service amount in respect of the *place referred to in step 6 of the resident fee calculator in subsection 582(1) is the sum of:

 (a) the extra service fee in force for the place on the day in question (see Division 35 of the Aged Care Act 1997); and

 (b) an amount equal to 25% of that extra service fee.

586  Maximum daily amount of resident fees for reserving a place

  If:

 (a) a care recipient is absent from a residential care service on a particular day; and

 (b) the care recipient is not on *leave from the residential care service on that day; and

 (ba) the care recipient would have been on leave from the residential care service on that day under subsection 422(3) except that the care recipient had previously been on leave under that subsection, during the current financial year, for 52 days;

the maximum fee in respect of a day that can be charged for reserving a place in the residential care service for that day is the amount:

 (c) determined by the Minister by legislative instrument; or

 (d) worked out in accordance with a method determined by the Minister by legislative instrument.

Division 60What are the responsibilities relating to home care fees?

601  Responsibilities relating to home care fees

  The responsibilities relating to home care fees charged, for the provision to a care recipient of care and services that it is the approved provider’s responsibility under paragraph 541(1)(a) of the Aged Care Act 1997 to provide, are as follows:

 (a) the fee in respect of any day must not exceed the maximum daily amount under section 602;

 (b) the care recipient must not be required to pay home care fees more than one month in advance;

 (c) the care recipient must not be required to pay home care fees for any period prior to being provided with the home care;

 (d) if the care recipient dies or provision of home care ceases—any fees paid in advance in respect of a period occurring after the care recipient’s death, or the cessation of home care, must be refunded in accordance with the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

602  Maximum daily amount of home care fees

 (1) The maximum daily amount of home care fees payable by the care recipient is the amount specified in, or determined in accordance with, the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles.

 (2) The Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles may specify different levels of maximum daily amounts of home care fees having regard to any or all of the following:

 (a) the income of a care recipient;

 (b) the nature and level of the care and services to which the home care fees relate;

 (c) reduced levels of home care fees for a care recipient who would suffer financial hardship if required to pay the amount of home care fees that would otherwise be payable.

Chapter 6Administration

 

Division 84Introduction

841  What this Chapter is about

This Chapter deals with the reconsideration and administrative review of decisions (see Part 6.1).

Part 6.1Reconsideration and review of decisions

Division 85Reconsideration and review of decisions

851  Reviewable decisions

  Each of the following decisions is a *reviewable decision:

 

Reviewable decisions

Item

Decision

Provision under which decision is made

39AA

To extend the period within which a variation of a claim for residential care subsidy can be made

section 434A

39AB

To refuse to extend the period within which a variation of a claim for residential care subsidy can be made

section 434A

39A

To grant or refuse an application for a determination described in subsection 447(1A) or 448(1A) (which is relevant to a person’s status as a *concessional resident or an *assisted resident)

subsection 448AA(1)

39B

To revoke a determination described in subsection 447(1A) or 448(1A)

subsection 448AA(6)

39C

To determine the value of a person’s assets

subsection 448AB(1)

39D

To revoke a determination of the value of a person’s assets

subsection 448AB(4)

40

To refuse to make a determination that a care recipient is eligible for an oxygen supplement

subsection 4413(2)

41

To refuse to make a determination that a care recipient is eligible for an enteral feeding supplement

subsection 4414(2)

42

To determine that a judgment or settlement is to be treated as having taken into account the cost of providing residential care

subsection 4420(5)

43

To determine that a part of the compensation under a settlement is to be treated as relating to the future costs of providing residential care

subsection 4420(6)

44

To refuse to make a determination that the daily income tested reduction is zero

subsection 4422(2)

45

To specify a period at the end of which a determination that the daily income tested reduction is zero ceases to be in force

subsection 4422(3)

46

To make a determination for the purposes of working out a care recipient’s total assessable income

subsection 4424 (1) or paragraph 4424(2)(b), (3)(b), (3A)(b) or (4)(b)

48

To refuse to make a determination that a care recipient is eligible for a hardship supplement

subsection 4431(1)

49

To specify a period or event at the end of which, or on the occurrence of which, a determination under section 4431 will cease to be in force

subsection 4431(3)

49A

To extend the period within which a variation of a claim for home care subsidy can be made

section 474A

49B

To refuse to extend the period within which a variation of a claim for home care subsidy can be made

section 474A

51

To refuse to make a determination that paying an accommodation bond would cause financial hardship

paragraph 5714(1)(a)

51A

To refuse to make a determination that paying an accommodation bond of more than a specified maximum amount would cause financial hardship, or to specify a particular maximum amount under such a determination

paragraph 5714(1)(b)

52

To specify a period or event at the end of which, or on the occurrence of which, a determination under subsection 5714(1) ceases to be in force

subsection 5714(3)

53

To revoke a determination that paying an accommodation bond would cause financial hardship

subsection 5715(1)

53A

To refuse to make a determination that paying an accommodation charge would cause financial hardship

paragraph 57A9(1)(a)

53AA

To refuse to make a determination that paying an accommodation charge of more than a specified maximum daily amount would cause financial hardship, or to specify a particular maximum daily amount under such a determination

paragraph 57A9(1)(b)

53B

To specify a period or event at the end of which, or on the occurrence of which, a determination under subsection 57A9(1) ceases to be in force

subsection 57A9(3)

53C

To revoke a determination that paying an accommodation charge would cause financial hardship

subsection 57A10(1)

54

A decision under the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles made under section 961 that is specified in the Principles to be a decision reviewable under this section

the provision specified in the Principles as the provision under which the decision is made

852  Deadlines for making reviewable decisions

  If:

 (a) this Act provides for a person to apply to the Secretary to make a *reviewable decision; and

 (b) a period is specified under this Act for giving notice of the decision to the applicant; and

 (c) the Secretary has not notified the applicant of the Secretary’s decision within that period;

the Secretary is taken, for the purposes of this Act, to have made a decision to reject the application.

853  Secretary must give reasons for reviewable decisions

 (1) If this Act requires the Secretary to notify a person of the making of a *reviewable decision, the notice must include reasons for the decision.

 (2) Subsection (1) does not affect an obligation, imposed upon the Secretary by any other law, to give reasons for a decision.

854  Secretary may reconsider reviewable decisions

 (1) The Secretary may reconsider a *reviewable decision if the Secretary is satisfied that there is sufficient reason to reconsider the decision.

 (3) The Secretary may reconsider a decision even if:

 (a) an application for reconsideration of the decision has been made under section 855; or

 (b) if the decision has been confirmed, varied or set aside under section 855—an application has been made under section 858 for review of the decision.

 (4) After reconsidering the decision, the Secretary must:

 (a) confirm the decision; or

 (b) vary the decision; or

 (c) set the decision aside and substitute a new decision.

 (5) The Secretary’s decision (the decision on review) to confirm, vary or set aside the decision takes effect:

 (a) on the day specified in the decision on review; or

 (b) if a day is not specified—on the day on which the decision on review was made.

 (6) The Secretary must give written notice of the decision on review to the person to whom that decision relates.

Note: Section 27A of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 requires the person to be notified of the person’s review rights.

855  Reconsideration of reviewable decisions

 (1) A person whose interests are affected by a *reviewable decision may request the Secretary to reconsider the decision.

 (3) The person’s request must be made by written notice given to the Secretary:

 (a) within 28 days, or such longer period as the Secretary allows, after the day on which the person first received notice of the decision; or

 (b) if the decision is a decision under section 4424 to make a determination under subsection 4424(1) or paragraph 4424(2)(b), (3)(b), (3A)(b) or (4)(b)—within 90 days, or such longer period as the Secretary allows, after the day on which the person first received notice of the decision.

 (4) The notice must set out the reasons for making the request.

 (5) After receiving the request, the Secretary must reconsider the decision and:

 (a) confirm the decision; or

 (b) vary the decision; or

 (c) set the decision aside and substitute a new decision.

 (6) The Secretary’s decision (the decision on review) to confirm, vary or set aside the decision takes effect:

 (a) on the day specified in the decision on review; or

 (b) if a day is not specified—on the day on which the decision on review was made.

 (7) The Secretary is taken, for the purposes of this Part, to have confirmed the decision if the Secretary does not give notice of a decision to the person within 90 days after receiving the person’s request.

Note: Section 27A of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 requires the person to be notified of the person’s review rights.

 (8) If a committee has been established under section 963 and a function of the committee is to provide advice to the Secretary in relation to the Secretary’s reconsideration of a particular kind of *reviewable decision, the Secretary:

 (a) may refer a reviewable decision of that kind to the committee for advice; and

 (b) must, in reconsidering the decision, take account of any advice of the committee in relation to the decision.

858  AAT review of reviewable decisions

  An application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for the review of a *reviewable decision that has been confirmed, varied or set aside under section 854 or 855.

Chapter 7Miscellaneous

 

Division 96Miscellaneous

961  Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles

  The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles providing for matters:

 (a) required or permitted by this Act to be provided; or

 (b) necessary or convenient to be provided in order to carry out or give effect to this Act.

962  Delegation of Secretary’s powers and functions

Employees etc. of Agencies and Commonwealth authorities

 (1) The Secretary may, in writing, delegate all or any of the powers and functions of the Secretary under this Act, the regulations or any Principles made under section 961 to a person engaged (whether as an employee or otherwise) by:

 (a) an Agency (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999); or

 (b) an authority of the Commonwealth.

Chief Executive Centrelink

 (2) The Secretary may, in writing, delegate to the *Chief Executive Centrelink:

 (a) the Secretary’s powers and functions under section 448AA or 448AB; or

 (b) the Secretary’s powers and functions under section 4424 relating to making a determination for the purposes of working out a care recipient’s *total assessable income; or

 (c) the Secretary’s powers and functions under section 854 or 855 relating to reconsidering the following decisions:

 (i) a decision under section 448AA or 448AB;

 (ii) a determination under section 4424 for the purposes of working out a care recipient’s total assessable income.

 (3) If, under subsection (2), the Secretary delegates a power or function to the *Chief Executive Centrelink, the Chief Executive Centrelink may, in writing, subdelegate the power or function to a Departmental employee (within the meaning of the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997).

Chief Executive Medicare

 (4) The Secretary may, in writing, delegate to the *Chief Executive Medicare:

 (a) the Secretary’s powers and functions under section 448AA or 448AB; or

 (b) the Secretary’s powers and functions under section 4424 relating to making a determination for the purposes of working out a care recipient’s *total assessable income; or

 (c) the Secretary’s powers and functions under section 854 or 855 relating to reconsidering the following decisions:

 (i) a decision under section 448AA or 448AB;

 (ii) a determination under section 4424 for the purposes of working out a care recipient’s total assessable income.

 (5) If, under subsection (4), the Secretary delegates a power or function to the *Chief Executive Medicare, the Chief Executive Medicare may, in writing, subdelegate the power or function to a Departmental employee (within the meaning of the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973).

Veterans’ Affairs Secretary

 (6) The Secretary may, in writing, delegate to the Secretary of the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986:

 (a) the Secretary’s powers and functions under section 448AA or 448AB; or

 (b) the Secretary’s powers and functions under section 854 or 855 relating to reconsidering a decision under section 448AA or 448AB.

 (7) If, under subsection (6), the Secretary delegates a power or function to the Secretary of the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986, the Secretary of that Department may, in writing, subdelegate the power or function to an APS employee in that Department.

Repatriation Commission

 (8) The Secretary may, in writing, delegate to the *Repatriation Commission:

 (a) the Secretary’s powers and functions under section 4424 relating to making a determination for the purposes of working out a care recipient’s *total assessable income; or

 (b) the Secretary’s powers and functions under section 854 or 855 relating to reconsidering a determination under section 4424 for the purposes of working out a care recipient’s total assessable income.

 (9) If, under subsection (8), the Secretary delegates a power or function to the *Repatriation Commission, the Repatriation Commission may, in writing, subdelegate the power or function to any person to whom it may delegate powers under the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 under section 213 of that Act.

Social Services Secretary

 (10) The Secretary may, in writing, delegate to the Secretary of the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Datamatching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990:

 (a) the Secretary’s powers and functions under section 4424 relating to making a determination for the purposes of working out a care recipient’s *total assessable income; or

 (b) the Secretary’s powers and functions under section 854 or 855 relating to reconsidering a determination under section 4424 for the purposes of working out a care recipient’s total assessable income.

 (11) If, under subsection (10), the Secretary delegates a power or function to the Secretary of the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Datamatching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990, the Secretary of that Department may, in writing, subdelegate the power or function to an APS employee in that Department.

SES employee etc. in the Department

 (11A) The Secretary may, in writing, delegate the powers conferred on the Secretary under the determination made under subsection 443(2) to an SES employee, or an acting SES employee, in the Department.

Note: The expressions SES employee and acting SES employee are defined in section 2B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

Subdelegation

 (12) Sections 34AA, 34AB and 34A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 apply in relation to a subdelegation in a corresponding way to the way in which they apply to a delegation.

964  Care provided on behalf of an approved provider

  A reference in this Act to an approved provider providing care includes a reference to the provision of that care by another person, on the approved provider’s behalf, under a contract or arrangement entered into between the approved provider and the other person.

Note: The approved provider will still be subject to the responsibilities under Chapter 4 of this Act and Chapter 4 of the Aged Care Act 1997 in respect of care provided by the other person.

965  Care recipients etc. lacking capacity to enter agreements

  If:

 (a) this Act provides for an approved provider and a care recipient, or a person proposing to enter an *aged care service, to enter into an agreement; and

 (b) the care recipient or person is, because of any physical incapacity or mental impairment, unable to enter into the agreement;

another person (other than an approved provider) representing the care recipient or person may enter into the agreement on behalf of the care recipient or person.

Note: The agreements provided for in this Act are *accommodation bond agreements and accommodation charge agreements.

966  Applications etc. on behalf of care recipients

  If this Act provides for a care recipient to make an application or give information, the application may be made or the information given by a person authorised to act on the care recipient’s behalf.

967  Withdrawal of applications

 (1) A person who has made an application to the Secretary under this Act may withdraw the application at any time before the Secretary makes a decision relating to the application.

 (2) If:

 (a) this Act provides that an application under this Act is taken to be withdrawn if the application does not give further information, within a particular period, as requested by the Secretary; and

 (b) the Secretary, at the applicant’s request, extends the period for giving the further information;

the application is not taken to be withdrawn unless the applicant does not give the further information within the period as extended.

9613  Regulations

  The GovernorGeneral may make regulations prescribing matters:

 (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

 (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

Schedule 1Dictionary

Note: Section 13 describes how asterisks are used to identify terms that are defined in this Act.

 

 

1  Definitions

  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

accommodation bond has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

accommodation bond agreement has the meaning given in section 579.

accommodation bond balance has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

accommodation charge has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

accommodation charge agreement has the meaning given by section 57A3.

accreditation requirement has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

aged care means care of one or more of the following types:

 (a) residential care;

 (b) home care;

 (c) flexible care.

aged care service means an undertaking through which *aged care is provided.

approved provider has the same meaning as in the *Quality and Safety Commission Act.

assisted resident has the meaning given by section 448.

Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes Norfolk Island, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands and the Territory of Christmas Island.

authority of a State or Territory means a body established for a public purpose by or under a law of a State or Territory.

basic age pension amount means the annual maximum basic rate under point 1064B1 of the Social Security Act 1991 that applies to a person who is not a member of a couple within the meaning of that section.

capital repayment deduction is an amount deducted, in accordance with section 436, from an amount of *residential care subsidy otherwise payable under Division 43.

care means services, or accommodation and services, provided to a person whose physical, mental or social functioning is affected to such a degree that the person cannot maintain himself or herself independently.

Chief Executive Centrelink has the same meaning as in the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997.

Chief Executive Medicare has the same meaning as in the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973.

classification level has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

close relation has the meaning given in section 4411.

concessional resident has the meaning given by section 447.

continuing care recipient has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

daily income tested reduction has the meaning given in step 4 of the income tested reduction calculator in section 4421. However, section 4422 or 4423 may affect the meaning of this term in certain cases.

dependent child has the meaning given in section 4411.

distinct part has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

entry, in relation to a person and an *aged care service, means the commencement of the provision of care to the person through that aged care service.

entry contribution, relating to a care recipient, means any payment, made before 1 October 1997, of money or other valuable consideration required by an *operator to be given or loaned in return for, or in contemplation of, *entry of the care recipient to a hostel (within the meaning of the Aged or Disabled Persons Care Act 1954).

extended hospital leave, in relation to a care recipient provided with residential care, means:

 (a) leave taken by the care recipient under subsection 422(2) for a continuous period of 30 days or more; and

 (b) leave taken by the care recipient for a continuous period of 30 days or more, first under subsection 422(2) and later under subsection 422(3A).

extra service agreement has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

extra service place has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

extra service status has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

flexible care has the meaning given by section 493.

flexible care service means an undertaking through which flexible care is provided.

flexible care subsidy means a subsidy payable under Part 3.3.

home care has the meaning given by section 453.

home care agreement has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

home care service means an undertaking through which home care is provided.

home care subsidy means a subsidy payable under Part 3.2.

homeowner has the meaning given in section 4411.

income support payment means:

 (a) an income support payment within the meaning of subsection 23(1) of the Social Security Act 1991; or

 (c) a payment of farm household support, or a drought relief payment, under the Farm Household Support Act 1992.

income support supplement means an income support supplement under Part IIIA of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

leave, in relation to a care recipient provided with residential care, has the meaning given by section 422.

local government authority means a body established for the purposes of local government by or under a law of a State or Territory.

member of a couple has the meaning given in section 4411.

partner has the meaning given in section 4411.

payment period:

 (a) in relation to residential care: see section 432; and

 (b) in relation to home care: see section 472.

pensioner supplement is the supplement referred to in section 4428.

people with special needs has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

permitted has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

place means a capacity within an *aged care service for provision of residential care or flexible care to an individual.

post2008 reform resident has the meaning given in section 445C.

postSeptember 2009 resident has the meaning given by section 583A.

pre2008 reform resident has the meaning given in section 445D.

preentry leave has the meaning given in section 445E.

preSeptember 2009 resident has the meaning given by section 583A.

prioritised home care recipient has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

protected resident has the meaning given by section 583B.

provide, in relation to care, includes the meaning given by section 964.

provisional allocation has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

Quality and Safety Commission Act means the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018.

Repatriation Commission means the Repatriation Commission continued in existence by section 179 of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

resident agreement has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.

residential care has the meaning given by section 413.

residential care service means an undertaking through which residential care is provided.

residential care subsidy means a subsidy payable under Part 3.1.

respite care means residential care or flexible care (as the case requires) provided as an alternative care arrangement with the primary purpose of giving a carer or a care recipient a shortterm break from their usual care arrangement. However, it does not include residential care provided through a residential care service while the care recipient in question is on *leave under section 422 from another residential care service.

reviewable decision has the meaning given in section 851.

Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.

service pension has the same meaning as in subsection 5Q(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

standard resident contribution means an amount referred to in section 583, 583B or 583C (whichever is applicable).

supported resident has the meaning given in section 445B.

total assessable income has the meaning given in section 4424.

total assessable income free area has the meaning given in section 4426.

unspent home care amount of a care recipient has the meaning given by the User Rights Principles.

veteran payment means a veteran payment made under an instrument made under section 45SB of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986.

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.

The following endnotes are included in every compilation:

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2003 authorises First Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial and presentational changes to a compiled law in preparing a compilation of the law for registration. The changes must not change the effect of the law. Editorial changes take effect from the compilation registration date.

If the compilation includes editorial changes, the endnotes include a brief outline of the changes in general terms. Full details of any changes can be obtained from the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.

Misdescribed amendments

A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe how an amendment is to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, then the misdescribed amendment can be incorporated through an editorial change made under section 15V of the Legislation Act 2003.

If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the amendment is not incorporated and “(md not incorp)” is added to the amendment history.

 

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

 

ad = added or inserted

o = order(s)

am = amended

Ord = Ordinance

amdt = amendment

orig = original

c = clause(s)

par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s)

C[x] = Compilation No. x

/subsubparagraph(s)

Ch = Chapter(s)

pres = present

def = definition(s)

prev = previous

Dict = Dictionary

(prev…) = previously

disallowed = disallowed by Parliament

Pt = Part(s)

Div = Division(s)

r = regulation(s)/rule(s)

ed = editorial change

reloc = relocated

exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have

renum = renumbered

effect

rep = repealed

F = Federal Register of Legislation

rs = repealed and substituted

gaz = gazette

s = section(s)/subsection(s)

LA = Legislation Act 2003

Sch = Schedule(s)

LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003

Sdiv = Subdivision(s)

(md) = misdescribed amendment can be given

SLI = Select Legislative Instrument

effect

SR = Statutory Rules

(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment

SubCh = SubChapter(s)

cannot be given effect

SubPt = Subpart(s)

mod = modified/modification

underlining = whole or part not

No. = Number(s)

commenced or to be commenced

 

Endnote 3—Legislation history

 

Act

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Application, saving and transitional provisions

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

223, 1997

 

1 July 2014 (s 12)

 

Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Act 2013

76, 2013

28 June 2013

Sch 5: 1 July 2014 (s 2(1) items 7, 8)

Sch 5 (items 1, 215–217)

as amended by

 

 

 

 

Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) (Consequential Provisions) Act 2015

126, 2015

10 Sept 2015

Sch 1 (item 5): 5 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 2)

Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Seniors Health Card and Other Measures) Act 2014

98, 2014

11 Sept 2014

Sch 4 (items 1–14): 9 Oct 2014 (s 2(1) item 3)

Sch 4 (item 14)

Omnibus Repeal Day (Autumn 2014) Act 2014

109, 2014

16 Oct 2014

Sch 9 (items 34–47): 17 Oct 2014 (s 2(1) item 7)

Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2014

126, 2014

4 Dec 2014

Sch 1 (items 12–24): 5 Dec 2014 (s 2(1) item 2)

Statute Law Revision Act (No. 1) 2015

5, 2015

25 Feb 2015

Sch 1 (item 1): 25 Mar 2015 (s 2(1) item 2)

Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment Act 2015

59, 2015

26 May 2015

Sch 2 (items 41–43): 1 July 2016 (s 2(1) item 5)
Sch 2 (items 356–396): 18 June 2015 (s 2(1) item 6)

Sch 2 (items 356–396)

as amended by

 

 

 

 

Territories Legislation Amendment Act 2016

33, 2016

23 Mar 2016

Sch 2: 24 Mar 2016 (s 2(1) item 2)

Social Services Legislation Amendment (No. 2) Act 2015

128, 2015

16 Sept 2015

Sch 2 (items 6–12): 17 Sept 2015 (s 2(1) item 5)

Sch 2 (item 12)

Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Increasing Consumer Choice) Act 2016

19, 2016

18 Mar 2016

Sch 1 (items 60–67, 70–83): 27 Feb 2017 (s 2(1) items 2, 5)

Sch 1 (items 70–83)

Veterans’ Affairs Legislation Amendment (Veterancentric Reforms No. 1) Act 2018

17, 2018

28 Mar 2018

Sch 2 (items 14–23): 1 May 2018 (s 2(1) item 3)

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2018

150, 2018

10 Dec 2018

Sch 1 (item 23): 1 Jan 2019 (s 2(1) item 2)

Aged Care Legislation Amendment (New Commissioner Functions) Act 2019

116, 2019

11 Dec 2019

Sch 1 (items 65–71), Sch 2 (items 92–94) and Sch 4: 1 Jan 2020 (s 2(1) item 2)

Sch 4

Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Emergency Leave) Act 2020

41, 2020

15 May 2020

Sch 1 (items 6–10): 15 May 2020 (s 2(1) item 1)

Sch 1 (item 10)

Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Improved Home Care Payment Administration No. 1) Act 2020

124, 2020

15 Dec 2020

Sch 1 (items 5–9): 1 Feb 2021 (s 2(1) item 1)

Sch 1 (item 9)

Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Improved Home Care Payment Administration No. 2) Act 2021

2, 2021

16 Feb 2021

Sch 1 (items 12, 13, 15, 19–21, 23, 24): 1 Sept 2021 (s 2(1) items 2, 3)

Sch 1 (items 15, 21, 24)

Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment (Royal Commission Response) Act 2022

34, 2022

5 Aug 2022

Sch 1 (items 56–88, 92–100, 102–110): 1 Oct 2022 (s 2(1) item 2)

Sch 1 (items 88, 92–100, 102–110)

Endnote 4—Amendment history

 

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s 5721AA..........

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s 5721A...........

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s 5721B...........

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s 5722............

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Subdivision 57H.....

rep No 34, 2022

s 5723............

am No 76, 2013

 

rep No 34, 2022

Division 57A

 

Subdivision 57AA

 

s 57A2............

am No 76, 2013; No 109, 2014; No 116, 2019; No 34, 2022

Subdivision 57AB

 

s 57A3............

am No 76, 2013

Subdivision 57AC

 

s 57A6............

am No 76, 2013

s 57A8............

rep No 109, 2014

s 57A8A..........

rs No 34, 2022

s 57A9............

am No 76, 2013

s 57A10...........

am No 76, 2013

Subdivision 57AD

 

s 57A12...........

am No 76, 2013

Division 58

 

s 581.............

am No 76, 2013

s 582.............

am No 76, 2013; No 126, 2014; No 128, 2015

s 583.............

am No 126, 2014

s 584.............

rep No 126, 2014

s 585.............

am No 76, 2013; No 128, 2015

s 586.............

am No 41, 2020; No 34, 2022

Division 59...............

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s 591.............

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Division 60

 

s 601.............

am No 76, 2013

s 602.............

am No 76, 2013

Division 61...............

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s 611.............

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Division 62...............

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s 621.............

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s 622.............

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Part 4.3..................

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s 631.............

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s 631AA..........

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s 631A............

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s 631B............

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s 631C............

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s 632.............

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Part 4.4..................

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s 641.............

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s 642.............

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s 651.............

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s 661.............

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s 66A1............

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s 675.............

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s 67A1............

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s 67A4............

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s 67A5............

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s 67A6............

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s 684.............

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s 686.............

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Chapter 5.................

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s 691.............

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s 701.............

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s 703.............

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s 713.............

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s 727.............

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s 832.............

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s 833.............

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Chapter 6

 

Division 84

 

s 841.............

rs No 76, 2013

Part 6.1

 

Division 85

 

s 851.............

am No 76, 2013; No 17, 2018; No 34, 2022

s 854.............

am No 98, 2014

s 855.............

am No 98, 2014; No 17, 2018

s 856.............

rep No 98, 2014

s 857.............

rep No 98, 2014

Part 6.2..................

rep No 76, 2013

s 861.............

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s 862.............

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s 863.............

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s 864.............

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s 866.............

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s 867.............

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s 868.............

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Part 6.3..................

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s 871.............

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s 872.............

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s 873.............

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s 881.............

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s 891.............

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Part 6.4..................

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s 901.............

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s 904.............

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s 911.............

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s 932.............

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s 934.............

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s 941.............

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s 942.............

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Part 6.4A.................

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s 94A1............

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Part 6.5..................

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s 951.............

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s 952.............

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s 953.............

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s 954.............

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s 955.............

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s 956.............

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Part 6.6..................

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s 95A1............

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s 95A10...........

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s 95A11...........

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s 95A11A..........

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s 95A12...........

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Part 6.7..................

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s 95B1............

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s 95B3............

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s 95B6............

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s 95B7............

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s 95B10...........

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s 95B11...........

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s 95B12...........

rep No 76, 2013

Chapter 7

 

Division 96

 

s 961.............

rs No 76, 2013

s 962.............

am No 76, 2013

 

rs No 98, 2014

 

am No 19, 2016; No 34, 2022

s 963.............

rep No 76, 2013

s 964.............

am No 76, 2013

s 965.............

am No 76, 2013 (md)

s 968.............

rep No 76, 2013

s 969.............

rep No 76, 2013

s 9610............

rep No 76, 2013

Schedule 1

 

Schedule 1................

am No 76, 2013; No 109, 2014; No 126, 2014; No 59, 2015; No 19, 2016; No 17, 2018; No 150, 2018; No 116, 2019; No 2, 2021; No 34, 2022