User Rights Amendment Principles 2000 (No. 4)

I, BRONWYN KATHLEEN BISHOP, Minister for Aged Care, make these Principles under subsection 96-1 (1) of the Aged Care Act 1997.

Dated 28 July 2000

BRONWYN BISHOP

Minister for Aged Care

1 Name of Principles

  These Principles are the User Rights Amendment Principles 2000 (No. 4).

2 Commencement

  These Principles commence on gazettal.

3 Amendment of User Rights Principles 1997

  Schedule 1 amends the User Rights Principles 1997.

Schedule 1 Amendments

Do not delete: Schedule Part Placeholder

(section 3)

[1] Subsection 23.83 (1), formula

substitute

.

[2] Subsection 23.83 (2), note

substitute

Note   Paragraph 58-1 (a) of the Act refers to the resident fee in respect of any day, and the remote area amount is a fortnightly amount.  The amount worked out using the formula in subsection 23.83 (1) is an amount equal to 85% of the daily equivalent of the fortnightly amount of remote area allowance at the rate in force immediately before the commencement of the A New Tax System (Compensation Measures Legislation Amendment) Act 1999.