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2002-2003-2004
The Parliament
of the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Aged
Care Amendment Bill 2004
No. ,
2004
(Health and
Ageing)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Aged Care Act 1997, and for related purposes
Contents
Aged Care Act
1997 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Aged Care Act 1997,
and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Aged Care Amendment Act
2004.
This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 1 July
2004.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
1 Paragraph 28-1(3)(b)
Repeal the paragraph.
2 Paragraph 57A-2(1)(h)
Omit “imposes a 5 year limit”, substitute “deals with
cessation of the provision of care”.
3 Subsections 57A-7(2), (3) and
(4)
Repeal the subsections.
Note: The heading to section 57A-7 is replaced with the
heading “Accommodation charge not to accrue after provision of care has
ceased”.
4 Application of amendments
The amendments made by items 2 and 3 of this Schedule do not apply in
relation to a person who first entered any residential care service as a care
recipient (other than as a recipient of respite care) before 1 July
2004.