Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2011 (No. 2) (Cth)
Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2011 (No. 2)1
Aged Care Act 1997
I, MARK BUTLER, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, make these Principles under subsection 96‑1(1) of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated 17th June 2011
MARK BUTLER
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
Name of Principles
These Principles are the Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2011 (No. 2).
Commencement
These Principles commence on the day after they are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Amendment of Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997
Schedule 1 amends the Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] Section 21.4
substitute
21.4 Purpose of Part (Act, s 43‑6)
(1) In the circumstances mentioned in subsection 43‑6 (3) of the Act only a proportion of the amounts equal to the capital payments made for a residential care service are to be deducted under an agreement entered into under section 43‑6 of the Act.
(2) This Part specifies the way in which the proportion is to be worked out.
(3) This Part also specifies kinds of payment that are capital payments.
After section 21.5
insert
21.5A Meaning of capital payment
For the purposes of section 43-6 of the Act, each of the following kinds of payment is a capital payment:
(a) financial assistance by way of a grant under Part II, or Division 3 of Part III, of the Aged or Disabled Persons Care Act 1954;
(b) a grant of a Commonwealth benefit under Part VAB or VAC of the National Health Act 1953;
(c) a grant under the Aged or Disabled Persons Hostels Act 1972;
(d) a grant approved on or after 1 July 1989 under the program known as the Residential Aged Care Upgrading Program;
(e) capital funding approved on or after 1 July 1989 under the program known as the Small Homes Capital Funding Initiative.
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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