User Rights Amendment Principles 2008 (No. 1)1
Aged Care Act 1997
I, JUSTINE ELLIOT, Minister for Ageing, make these Principles under subsection 96‑1 (1) of the Aged Care Act 1997.
Dated 17 March 2008
JUSTINE ELLIOT
Minister for Ageing
  
  
1              Name of Principles
                These Principles are the User Rights Amendment Principles 2008 (No. 1).
2              Commencement
                These Principles commence on 20 March 2008.
3              Amendment of User Rights Principles
                Schedule 1 amends the User Rights Principles 1997.
Schedule 1        Amendments
(section 3)
  
[1]           Subsection 23.28 (1)
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not a concessional resident.
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eligible to pay an accommodation bond.
[2]           Subsection 23.28 (2)
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an accommodation bond and the person is not a concessional resident,
insert
, or intends to charge, an accommodation bond and the person is eligible to pay an accommodation bond,
[3]           Subsection 23.81C (1)
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not a concessional resident or a charge exempt resident.
insert
eligible to pay an accommodation charge.
[4]           Subsection 23.81C (2)
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not a concessional resident or a charge exempt resident,
insert
eligible to pay an accommodation charge,
[5]           Subsections 23.81P (1) and (3)
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person
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pre‑2008 reform resident
[6]           Subsection 23.81P (3)
after
1 July 2004
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but before 20 March 2008
[7]           After subsection 23.81P (4)
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         (5)   For paragraph 57A‑6 (1) (c) of the Act, $15.76 is specified for a post‑2008 reform resident who:
                (a)    first entered a residential care service for the provision of residential care (other than respite care) before 1 July 2004; and
               (b)    re‑enters care after 19 March 2008 and before 20 September 2008.
         (6)   For paragraph 57A‑6 (1) (c) of the Act, $19.56 is specified for a post‑2008 reform resident who:
                (a)    first entered a residential care service for the provision of residential care (other than respite care) after 30 June 2004; and
               (b)    receives an income support payment; and
                (c)    enters care after 19 March 2008 and before 20 September 2008.
         (7)   For paragraph 57A‑6 (1) (c) of the Act, $26.88 is specified for a post‑2008 reform resident who:
                (a)    first entered a residential care service for the provision of residential care (other than respite care) after 30 June 2004; and
               (b)    does not receive an income support payment; and
                (c)    enters care after 19 March 2008 and before 20 September 2008; and
               (d)    is receiving care through  a service that meets the building requirements mentioned in section 21.11B of the Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997.
         (8)   For paragraph 57A‑6 (1) (c) of the Act, $24.37 is specified for a post‑2008 reform resident who:
                (a)    first entered a residential care service for the provision of residential care (other than respite care) after 30 June 2004; and
               (b)    does not receive an income support payment; and
                (c)    enters care after 19 March 2008 and before 20 September 2008; and
               (d)    is receiving care through  a service that does not meet the building requirements mentioned in section 21.11B of the Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997.
[8]           Section 23.83A
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Note
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