Commonwealth of Australia
Aged Care Act 1997
Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 1998 (No. 2)
I, WARWICK LESLIE SMITH, Minister for Family Services, make the following principles under subsection 96-1 (1) of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated 1998.
Minister for Family Services
1. Name of principles
1.1 These principles are the Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 1998 (No. 2).
2. Commencement
2.1 Subsection 6.2 of these principles is taken to have commenced on 1 October 1997.
2.2 The remainder of these principles commence on gazettal.
3. Amendment
3.1 The Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997 1 are amended as set out in these principles.
4. Section 21.3 (Definitions)
Note Omit the note after section 21.3, substitute:
“Note: Definitions A number of expressions used in these principles are defined in the Aged Care Act 1997 (see Dictionary in Schedule 1), including: | |
∑ accommodation bond ∑ assisted resident ∑ care ∑ concessional resident ∑ dependent child
| ∑ high level of residential care ∑ payment period ∑ residential care service ∑ respite care ∑ Secretary.”.
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5. Section 21.13 (Matter)
5.1 Subsection 21.13 (1):
After “concessional”, insert “or assisted”.
6. Section 21.25 (Payroll tax supplement)
6.1 Subsection 21.25 (2):
Omit the subsection, substitute:
“(2) The payroll tax supplement is payable daily for a care recipient who is receiving a high level of residential care.”.
6.2 After subsection 21.25 (2), insert:
“(3) The payroll tax supplement is also payable daily for:
(a) a care recipient whose approval is limited, under section 22-2 of the Act, to receipt of a high level of respite care provided as residential care; and
(b) a care recipient who, immediately before 1 October 1997:
(i) was a resident of an approved nursing home; and
(ii) was classified under a determination under subsection 40AFA (5) of the National Health Act 1953.
“(4) The payroll tax supplement payable for a care recipient mentioned in paragraph (3) (b) is payable for the period that the classification, under the determination mentioned in that paragraph, is in force.
Note Section 40 of the Aged Care (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997 continues the effect of a determination under subsection 40AFA (5) of the National Health Act 1953 that was in force immediately before 1 October 1997.
“(5) In this section, approved nursing home has the same meaning as in the National Health Act 1953.”.
NOTE
1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 September 1997, as amended by:
(a) Residential Care Subsidy Principles Amendment (No. 1) 1997, notified in the Gazette on 3 November 1997; and
(b) Residential Care Subsidy Principles Amendment (No. 1) 1998, notified in the Gazette on 6 March 1998.