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 Act 1954-1972 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”. |