Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGED CARE ACT 1997 - SECT 16.9

             (1)  The Secretary may give to the transferee information specified in the Allocation Principles at such times as are specified in those Principles.

             (2)  The following are examples of matters that may be specified in the Allocation Principles:

                     (a)  the types of subsidies paid under Chapter 3 to the transferor in respect of the * aged care service in which * places being transferred are included;

                     (b)  the likely future adjustments to those payments;

                     (c)  where applicable, the current * classification levels of care recipients receiving care from the service and their classification histories;

                     (d)  the financial status of those care recipients;

                     (e)  if the aged care service in which the places being transferred are included is a residential care service:

                              (i)  matters relating to the * certification of the aged care service; and

                             (ii)  matters relating to whether the aged care service meets its * accreditation requirement;

                      (f)  matters relating to the * residential care grants (if any) that have been made in respect of that aged care service;

                     (g)  matters relating to any grants under the Aged or Disabled Persons Care Act 1954 , or Part VAB of the National Health Act 1953 , that have been made in respect of that aged care service;

                     (h)  compliance by the transferor with the transferor's responsibilities under Chapter 4 in relation to that aged care service, including any action that has been taken or is proposed to be taken, under Part 4.4, in relation to the transferor.

             (3)  The Allocation Principles must not specify information that would, or would be likely to, disclose the identity of any care recipient.