Accreditation Grant Amendment Principles 2004 (No. 1)

Accreditation Grant Amendment Principles 2004 (No. 1)

I, JULIE BISHOP, Minister for Ageing, make these Principles under subsection
96-1 (1) of the Aged Care Act 1997.

Dated 25 June 2004

JULIE BISHOP

Minister for Ageing

1 Name of Principles

  These Principles are the Accreditation Grant Amendment Principles 2004 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Principles commence on 1 July 2004.

3 Amendment of Accreditation Grant Principles 1999

  Schedule 1 amends the Accreditation Grant Principles 1999.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] Subsections 2.6 (2) to (6)

substitute

 (2) An application made on behalf of a residential care service that is not a commencing residential care service must be accompanied by a fee that is the sum of:

 (a) $3 111; and

 (b) the lesser of:

 (i) $97 for each residential care place allocated to the service; and

 (ii) $9 690.

Note   The amounts specified in this subsection are subject to increase under section 2.8A.

 (3) An application made on behalf of a commencing residential care service must be accompanied by a fee that is 20% of the fee that would have been payable if subsection (2) applied to the service.

[2] Section 2.7 — amendments of fees

[3] Section 2.7, at the foot

insert

Note   The amounts specified in this section are subject to increase under section 2.8A.

[4] After section 2.8

insert in Division 2

2.8A Indexation

 (1) In this section:

CPI number means the All Groups Consumer Price Index number (that is, the weighted average of the 8 Australian capital cities) published by the Australian Statistician.

earlier CPI number, for a financial year, means the CPI number for the last March quarter before the beginning of the financial year.

indexable amount, for a financial year, means:

 (a) an amount of dollars specified in section 2.6 or 2.7; or

 (b) if that amount has previously been increased under this section — the increased amount applying in the financial year.

latest CPI number, for a financial year, means the CPI number for the March quarter in the financial year.

 (2) If, for a financial year beginning on or after 1 July 2004, the latest CPI number is more than the earlier CPI number, each indexable amount is increased on 1 July of the next financial year.

Note   The first increase of each indexable amount is on 1 July 2005.

 (3) The increased amount is the amount worked out in accordance with the formula:

 (4) If, apart from this subsection, an indexable amount increased under this section would be an amount of dollars and cents, the amount is to be rounded to the nearest whole dollar and, if the amount to be rounded is 50 cents, rounded down.

 (5) If, at any time, whether before or after the commencement of these Principles, the Australian Statistician publishes a CPI number in substitution for a CPI number previously published, the publication of the later CPI number is to be disregarded for this section.

 (6) However, if, at any time, whether before or after the commencement of these Principles, the Australian Statistician changes the reference base for the Consumer Price Index, then, in applying this section after the change is made, regard is to be had only to numbers published in terms of the new reference base.