Residential Care Subsidy Amendment (Quality Agency) Principle 2013
I, Mitch Fifield, Assistant Minister for Social Services, make the following principle under section 96-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated: 19 December 2013
 
 
 
 
 
Mitch Fifield
Assistant Minister for Social Services
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contents
1  Name of principle                                                                                                        1
2  Commencement.                                                                                                           1
3  Authority...........                                                                                                           1
4  Schedule(s)........                                                                                                           1
Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                  2
Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997                                                                     2
 
1  Name of principle
                   This principle is the Residential Care Subsidy Amendment (Quality Agency) Principle 2013.
2  Commencement
                   This principle commences on 1 January 2014.
3  Authority
                   This principle is made under the Aged Care Act 1997.
4  Schedule(s)
                   Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments  
Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997
1  Section 21.3
  Insert:
                                    Quality Agency means the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency.
2  Section 21.3 (note 2 at the end)
Repeal the note, substitute:
Note:       A number of expressions used in these Principles are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a)      accreditation requirement;
(b)     basic age pension amount;
(c)      dependent child;
(d)     lowest applicable classification level.
3  Section 21.3B
Omit “accreditation body” (wherever occurring), substitute “Quality Agency”.
4  Subsection 21.3B(1)
Omit “subsection 2.9 (2) of the Accreditation Grant Principles 2011”, substitute “subsection 2.2(2) of the Quality Agency Principles 2013”.
5  Subsection 21.3B(5)
Omit “subsection 2.10(1) of the Accreditation Grant Principles 2011”, substitute “subsection 2.3(1) of the Quality Agency Principles 2013”.