Aged Persons Homes
Act 1973
No. 128 of 1973
AN ACT
To amend the Aged Persons Homes Act 1954-1972.
[Assented
to 13 November 1973]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the
House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—
Short title
and citation.
1. (1) This
Act may be cited as the Aged Persons
Homes Act 1973.
(2) The Aged
Persons Homes Act1954-1972 is
in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.
(3) The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the Aged Persons Homes Act 1954-1973.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day
on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Authorization
of payments.
3. Section 10c
of the Principal Act is amended—
(a)
by omitting from sub-section (1) the words “Forty dollars” and substituting the
words “Forty-eight dollars”; and
(b)
by omitting paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) and substituting the following
paragraph:—
“(a)
has attained the age of eighty years or is receiving approved personal care
services; and”.
Application
of amendments.
4. The amendments made by section 3 apply in
respect of payments to an approved organization by reference to persons
residing in accommodation provided by the approved organization on the first
prescribed date after the commencement of this Act or on a later prescribed
date.
Formal
amendments.
5. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the
Schedule.
SCHEDULE Section
5
formal amendments
Provision | Amendment |
Section 2...................... | From the definition of “approved home” omit “section six of this
Act”, substitute “section 6”.
|
From paragraph (c) of the definition of “eligible organization”
omit “of this definition”.
|
Section 6(2)(a).............. | Omit “the fourth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and
fifty-four”, substitute “4th May, 1954”.
|
Section 6(2)(c).............. | Omit “of this sub-section”. |