Statutory Rules
1980 No. 85
REGULATIONS UNDER THE NURSING HOMES ASSISTANCE
ACT 19741
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Nursing Homes Assistance Act 1974.
Dated this seventeenth day of April 1980.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
MICHAEL MACKELLAR
Minister of State for Health
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AMENDMENTS OF THE NURSING HOMES ASSISTANCE
REGULATIONS2
1 Prescribed rate for the purposes of paragraph 13 (1) (a) of the Act
Regulation 5A of the Nursing Homes Assistance Regulations is amended by omitting “$54.95” and substituting “$57.75”.
2 Rate for the purposes of paragraph 13 (1) (d) of the Act
Regulation 6 of the Nursing Homes Assistance Regulations is amended by omitting the table and substituting the following table:
Column 1 State or Territory | Column 2 Amount per week for ordinary care patient | Column 3 Amount per week for extensive care patient |
| $ | $ |
New South Wales | 164.85 | 206.85 |
Victoria | 216.65 | 258.65 |
Queensland | 154.70 | 196.70 |
South Australia | 201.60 | 243.60 |
Western Australia | 154.70 | 196.70 |
Tasmania | 168.70 | 210.70 |
Australian Capital Territory | 164.85 | 206.85 |
Northern Territory | 201.60 | 243.60 |
3 Schedule 1
Schedule 1 to the Nursing Homes Assistance Regulations is amended by omitting item 9 of Part II, being the item so numbered inserted by Statutory Rules 1979 No. 229, and substituting the following item:
“8A. Gippsland Base Hospital-Evelyn Wilson Wing only, Sale.”.
4 Commencement
Regulations 1 and 2 shall come into operation on 8 May 1980.
NOTES
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 April 1980.
2. Statutory Rules 1975 No. 65 as amended by Statutory Rules 1975 Nos. 67, 166, 205 and 206; 1976 No. 114; 1977 Nos. 10, 113, 180 and 244; 1978 Nos. 67, 209 and 247; 1979 Nos. 229 and 232.