User Rights Amendment Principles 2000 (No. 3)
I, Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop, Minister for Aged Care, make these Principles under section 96-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated 27 June 2000
Bronwyn Bishop
Minister for Aged Care
1 Name of Principles
These Principles are the User Rights Amendment Principles 2000 (No. 3).
2 Commencement
These Principles commence on 1 July 2000.
3 Amendment of User Rights Principles 1997
Schedule 1 amends the User Rights Principles 1997.
Schedule 1 Amendments
(section 3)
[1] Paragraph 23.85 (c)
substitute
(c) the agreement must provide:
(i) that the agreement may be varied:
(A) by the approved provider, if the variation is necessary to implement the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999; or
(B) in any other case, by mutual consent, following adequate consultation, of the care recipient and approved provider; and
(ii) that the agreement must not be varied under sub‑subparagraph (i) (A) unless the approved provider has given reasonable notice in writing about the variation to the care recipient; and
(iii) that the agreement must not be varied in a way that is inconsistent with the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999, the Aged Care Act 1997 or the Extra Service Principles 1997;
[2] After paragraph 23.95 (d)
insert
(da) the agreement must provide:
(i) that the agreement may be varied:
(A) by the approved provider, if the variation is necessary to implement the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999; or
(B) in any other case, by mutual consent, following adequate consultation, of the care recipient and approved provider; and
(ii) that the agreement must not be varied under sub‑subparagraph (i) (A) unless the approved provider has given reasonable notice in writing about the variation to the care recipient; and
(iii) that the agreement must not be varied in a way that is inconsistent with the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999, the Aged Care Act 1997 or the Extra Service Principles 1997;