User Rights Amendment Principles 2000 (No. 1)
I, BRONWYN KATHLEEN BISHOP, Minister for Aged Care, make these Principles under section 96-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated 5 May 2000
BRONWYN BISHOP
Minister for Aged Care
1 Name of Principles
These Principles are the User Rights Amendment Principles 2000 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
These Principles commence on gazettal.
3 Amendment of User Rights Principles 1997
Schedule 1 amends the User Rights Principles 1997.
Schedule 1 Amendment
(section 3)
[1] After section 23.17
insert
23.17A Refund of overpaid resident fee
If the amount of a resident fee mentioned in section 58-1 of the Act paid by a care recipient to an approved provider is more than the amount of the resident fee that is properly payable, the approved provider must give back to the care recipient the amount by which the fee paid is more than the fee properly payable.