Quality of Care Amendment Principles 2008 (No. 1) (Cth)
Quality of Care Amendment Principles 2008 (No. 1)
Aged Care Act 1997
I, JUSTINE ELLIOT, Minister for Ageing, make these Principles under subsection 96‑1 (1) of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated 13 March 2008
JUSTINE ELLIOT
Minister for Ageing
Name of Principles
These Principles are the Quality of Care Amendment Principles 2008 (No. 1).
Commencement
These Principles commence on the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Aged Care Amendment (Residential Care) Act 2007.
Amendment of Quality of Care Principles 1997
Schedule 1 amends the Quality of Care Principles 1997.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] Section 18.3, definitions of assessed as requiring nursing services and Resident Classification Scale
omit
[2] Subsection 18.6 (3)
substitute
(3)However, on or after commencement, the services stated in Part 3 of Schedule 1 are required only for the following residents:
(a) a resident who on the day before commencement was receiving a high level of residential care (as defined in the Act immediately before commencement);
(b) a resident who is receiving a high level of residential care (as defined in the Act immediately before commencement);
(c) a resident who is receiving a high level of residential care (as defined in the Act on or after commencement).
(4) In this section:
commencement means the commencement of the Quality of Care Amendment Principles 2008 (No. 1).
Note
1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See
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