Aged Care (Conditions of Allocation — Extra Service Places) Determination 2006

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I, STEPHEN DELLAR, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Ageing and Aged Care Division, Department of Health and Ageing, make this Determination under subsection 14-6(1) of the Aged Care Act 1997.

Dated    7       July 2006

STEPHEN DELLAR

Acting First Assistant Secretary, Ageing and Aged Care Division, Department of Health and Ageing

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1                                 Name of Determination

 This Determination is the Aged Care (Conditions of Allocation — Extra  Service Places) Determination 2006 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

 This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Definitions

 In this Determination:

 Act means the Aged Care Act 1997.

 extra service agreement means an agreement referred to in paragraph

 36-1(1)(b) of the Act.

 extra service place has the meaning given by section 31-1 of the Act.

 extra service status means the extra service status referred to in paragraph

 31-1(a) of the Act.

4 Conditions relating to extra service places

 In respect of each place that is an extra service place:

 (a) the approved provider must provide a care recipient  who is receiving                             residential care, in respect of the place, on an extra service basis with                             the accommodation, services and food specified in the extra                                           service agreement; and

 (b) the accommodation, services and food specified in the extra service                             agreement must be supplied to the care recipient to the standard                                           specified in the extra service agreement.

5                     Extent to which conditions apply

 The conditions in this Determination apply:

 (a) in addition to any conditions previously determined under subsection                             14-6(1) of the Act and any conditions to which the grant of extra                                           service status is subject under section 32-8 of the Act; and

 (b) to allocations that occurred before or after the Determination is made.