Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGED OR DISABLED PERSONS CARE ACT 1954 - SECT 10FB

(1)

The Minister may, from time to time, prepare and publish a statement containing all or any of the relevant information in relation to each hostel approved by the Minister under section 10B.

(2)

The following is relevant information for the purposes of subsection (1):

(a)

information relating to whether the standards to be met by the organisation operating the hostel in the provision of services, being standards contained in the General Conditions in force from time to time, have been satisfied in the hostel;

(b)

the level of services provided in the hostel by reference to these standards;

(c)

the number of hostel places in the hostel and the physical size of the hostel;

(d)

the location of the hostel and its proximity to community facilities, for example, public transport, shops, libraries and community centres;

(e)

services provided in the hostel;

(f)

fees imposed, and charges made, by the organisation operating the hostel;

(g)

activities at the hostel in which residents may participate;

(h)

the name of the organisation operating the hostel.

(3)

Without limiting the means by which a statement may be published, a copy of the statement is to be made available for public inspection at each office of the Department.

(4)

The information contained in a statement must not be such as to enable the identification of an individual resident of a hostel.

(5)

Before publishing a statement under this section, the Minister must allow the organisation operating the hostel not less than 30 days to consider the statement and to make submissions to the Minister in relation to the content of the statement.

(6)

Where it appears to the Minister in the light of any submission made by the organisation that the content of the statement should be altered, the Minister is to alter the statement accordingly before it is published.

(7)

The Minister must not publish a statement that contains information that relates to a day on or after the day on which the Aged Care Act 1997 (other than Division 1 of that Act) commences.