Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Secretary may, at any time, request an approved provider to give the Secretary such information, relevant to the approved provider's suitability to be a provider of * aged care (see section 8‑3), as is specified in the request. The request must be in writing.
(2) The approved provider must comply with the request within 28 days after the request was made, or within such shorter period as is specified in the notice.
Note: Approved providers have a responsibility under Part 4.3 to comply with this obligation. Failure to comply with a responsibility can result in a sanction being imposed under Part 4.4.
(2A) If:
(a) a person has been approved under section 8‑1 as a provider of * aged care; and
(b) the approval has not yet begun to be in force because:
(i) no allocation of a * place to the person in respect of the * aged care service or services through which it provides aged care is in effect; and
(ii) no * provisional allocation of a place to the person in respect of the aged care service or services through which it provides, or proposes to provide, aged care is in force; and
(iii) the transfer day has not occurred for any transfer under Division 16 of a place to the person for the provision of aged care through the aged care service or services through which it provides, or proposes to provide, aged care;
this section has effect in respect of the person in the same way as it has effect in respect of an approved provider.
(3) An approved provider that is a * corporation is guilty of an offence if it fails to comply with the request within the period referred to in subsection (2).
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
Note: Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.
(4) The request must contain a statement setting out the effect of subsections (2) and (3).
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