Aged Care Amendment (Accreditation Agency) Act 1998 (Cth)

Aged Care Amendment (Accreditation Agency) Act 1998

No. 122, 1998

Aged Care Amendment (Accreditation Agency) Act 1998

No. 122, 1998

An Act to amend the Aged Care Act 1997

Contents

Aged Care Amendment (Accreditation Agency) Act 1998

No. 122, 1998

An Act to amend the Aged Care Act 1997

[Assented to 21 December 1998]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Aged Care Amendment (Accreditation Agency) Act 1998.

2Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Aged Care Act 1997

1

At the end of subsection 80‑1(2)

Add:

1. ; (h)

   the fees (if any) that may be charged, on behalf of the Commonwealth, for services the body provides, or a way of determining such fees.

2

After subsection 80‑1(2)

Insert:

1. (2A)

   Fees charged for a service that a body provides under the agreement must not be such as to amount to taxation.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 12 November 1998

Senate on 1 December 1998]

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