Community Visitors Grant Amendment Principles 2001 (No. 1)

Community Visitors Grant Amendment Principles 2001 (No. 1)

I, Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop, Minister for Aged Care, make these Principles under subsection 96-1 (1) of the Aged Care Act 1997.

Dated 5th October, 2001

1 Name of Principles

  These Principles are the Community Visitors Grant Amendment Principles 2001 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  These Principles commence on gazettal.

3 Amendment of Community Visitors Grant Principles 1997

  Schedule 1 amends the Community Visitors Grant Principles 1997.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] Section 13.3, note

substitute

[2] After Part 1

insert

Part 1A Applications for community visitors grants

13.4A Purpose of Part (Act s 82-2)

  This Part specifies the circumstances in which a body mentioned in subsection 82-2 (3) of the Act is eligible to apply for a community visitors grant.

13.4B Eligibility to apply

  A body mentioned in subsection 82-2 (3) of the Act is eligible to apply for a community visitors grant, if the body is:

 (a) a local government authority; or

 (b) a charitable or religious body.

Note   Subsection 82-2 (2) of the Act specifies how an application must be made.

[3] Paragraph 13.6 (1) (e) and the note

substitute

 (e) whether all or part of the project is to be carried out at facilities located in a rural or remote area;

 (f) for an application by a body referred to in paragraph 82‑2 (3) (b) of the Act, whether the direct association between the applicant and the relevant approved provider would adversely affect the way in which the applicant, as an approved body, would perform its obligations under the community visitors grant agreement that would be applicable to it.

Note   The Act specifies the purposes of community visitors grants, who may make an application and how the application must be made (see subsections 82-1 and 82‑2).