Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Act 2006

Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Act 2006

No. 27, 2006

Compilation No. 6

Compilation date: 1 November 2025

Includes amendments: Act No. 43, 2025

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Act 2006 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 1 November 2025 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

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Self‑repealing provisions

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Contents

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Application of this Act

4 Binding the Crown

5 Definitions

6 Regulations may impose levy

7 Rate of levy

8 Maximum rate of levy

9 Levy may discriminate between classes of registered providers

10 Regulations

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

An Act relating to the imposition of levies in respect of certain obligations to refund accommodation payment balances, and for related purposes

1  Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Act 2006.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.

 (2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.

3  Application of this Act

 (1) This Act applies in all the States and Territories.

 (2) However, this Act does not apply in any external Territory, except Norfolk Island, the Territory of Christmas Island and the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

4  Binding the Crown

 (1) This Act binds the Crown in each of its capacities.

 (2) This Act does not make the Crown liable to be prosecuted for an offence.

5  Definitions

  In this Act:

accommodation payment balance has the same meaning as in the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Act 2006.

costs recoupment determination means:

 (a) a refund costs recoupment determination within the meaning of the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Act 2006; or

 (b) an administrative costs recoupment determination within the meaning of that Act.

default event declaration has the same meaning as in the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Act 2006.

levy means levy imposed by regulations under section 6.

outstanding accommodation payment balance has the same meaning as in the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Act 2006.

registered provider has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 2024.

6  Regulations may impose levy

 (1) If a costs recoupment determination specifying a default event declaration has been made, the regulations may impose a levy in respect of the refund obligations of registered providers relating to the default event declaration.

 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the refund obligations of registered providers relating to a default event declaration is the set of obligations that the registered providers would have had, at the start of the day that was 10 days before the day on which the default event declaration was made, to refund accommodation payment balances if it were assumed that at that time the accommodation payment balances became outstanding accommodation payment balances.

7  Rate of levy

  The rate of the levy is worked out in accordance with the regulations.

8  Maximum rate of levy

  The rate of the levy is to be fixed on the basis that the amount of revenue to be raised by the levy must not exceed the costs recoupment amount specified in the costs recoupment determination, the making of which enabled the levy to be imposed.

9  Levy may discriminate between classes of registered providers

 (1) Regulations imposing a levy:

 (a) may provide different rates (including a zero rate) of the levy for different classes of registered providers; but

 (b) must not otherwise discriminate between different registered providers.

 (2) Regulations imposing a levy may define what constitutes a class of registered providers for the purposes of the levy, but must not define a class in such a way that the levy would discriminate between States or parts of States.

10  Regulations

  The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing matters:

 (a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

 (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes

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Endnote 1—About the endnotes

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2

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Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4

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Misdescribed amendments

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If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the amendment is not incorporated and “(md not incorp)” is added to the amendment history.

Endnote 2—Abbreviation key

Endnote 3—Legislation history

Endnote 4—Amendment history