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This instrument amends three instruments to increase the dollar amount of certain accommodation-related supplements payable to approved providers of aged care services, and increases the value of a number of caps and thresholds that apply to aged care.
Administered by: Health and Aged Care
Registered 17 Mar 2023
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR20-Mar-2023
Tabled Senate21-Mar-2023
To be repealed 20 Jun 2023
Repealed by Division 1 of Part 3 of Chapter 3 of the Legislation Act 2003

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Aged Care Legislative Amendment (March Indexation) Instrument 2023

I, Anika Wells, Minister for Aged Care, make the following instrument.

Dated   14 March 2023

Anika Wells                                                                 

Minister for Aged Care

 

  

  


Contents

1  Name. ...................................................................................................................................... 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Schedules................................................................................................................................. 1

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                           2

Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014                                                   2

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) (Subsidy and Other Measures) Determination 2014   2

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles 2014                                                                   3

 


 

1  Name

                   This instrument is the Aged Care Legislative Amendment (March Indexation) Instrument 2023.

2  Commencement

(1)   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

20 March 2023

20 March 2023

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under the following:

                      (a)  the Aged Care Act 1997;

                      (b)  the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997.

4  Schedules

                   Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.


 

Schedule 1Amendments

  

Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014

1          Amendments of listed provisions—indexation of amounts

The provisions listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

 

Amendments relating to indexation of amounts

Item

Provision

Omit

Substitute

1

Subsection 64J(1)

$63.14

$65.49

2

Subsection 64J(2)

$41.17

$42.70

3

Subsection 64J(3)

$34.58

$35.87

4

Section 64ZL

$30,574.33

$31,706.83

5

Section 64ZM

$73,378.49

$76,096.50

6

Paragraph 64ZN(a)

$186,331.20

$193,219.20

7

Paragraph 64ZN(b)

$448,993.60

$465,657.60

8

Section 64ZO

$186,331.20

$193,219.20

9

Subsection 78(1)

$16.79

$17.42

10

Subsection 78(2)

$33.59

$34.84

11

Paragraph 79(a)

$44,605.60

$46,072.00

12

Paragraph 79(b)

$57,746.00

$59,696.00

13

Paragraph 79(c)

$58,318.00

$60,268.00

14

Subsection 80(2)

$6,114.83

$6,341.32

15

Subsection 80(3)

$12,229.70

$12,682.70

16

Subsection 80(4)

(wherever occurring)

$6,114.83

$6,341.32

17

Section 81

$73,378.49

$76,096.50

18

Paragraph 107A(a)

$9.44

$10.88

19

Paragraph 107A(b)

$9.99

$11.50

20

Paragraph 107A(c)

$10.27

$11.83

21

Paragraph 107A(d)

$10.54

$12.14

 

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) (Subsidy and Other Measures) Determination 2014

2          Amendments of listed provisions—indexation of amounts

The provisions listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.


 

Amendments relating to indexation of amounts of supplements

Item

Provision

Omit

Substitute

1

Subsection  82(1)

$63.14

$65.49

2

Subsection  82(2)

$41.17

$42.70

3

Subsection  82(3)

$34.58

$35.87

4

Subsection 91F(2), table item 1

$9.41

$9.76

5

Subsection 91F(2), table item 2

$6.27

$6.51

6

Subsection 91F(2), table item 3

$3.14

$3.25

7

Section 91H

$9.41

$9.76

 

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles 2014

3  Subsection 118(1) (after table item 30)

Insert:

31

on or after 20 March 2023 and before 20 September 2023

$23.20

4  Subsection 118(2) (after table item 30)

Insert:

31

on or after 20 March 2023 and before 20 September 2023

$42.70

5  Subsection 118(3) (after table item 26)

Insert:

27

on or after 20 March 2023 and before 20 September 2023

$42.70

6  Subsection 118(4) (after table item 30)

Insert:

31

on or after 20 March 2023 and before 20 September 2023

$35.87