Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGED CARE ACT 1997 - SECT 8.2

             (1)  A person may apply in writing to the Secretary to be approved as a provider of * aged care.

             (2)  The application must be in a form approved by the Secretary, and must be accompanied by:

                     (a)  any documents that are required by the Secretary to be provided; and

                     (b)  the application fee (if any) specified in, or worked out in accordance with, the Approved Provider Principles.

             (3)  The amount of any application fee:

                     (a)  must be reasonably related to the expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Commonwealth in relation to the application; and

                     (b)  must not be such as to amount to taxation.

             (4)  An application that contains information that is, to the applicant's knowledge, false or misleading in a material particular is taken not to be an application under this section.