DISABILITY ACT 2006 - SECT 66 Notice of increase in residential charge
DISABILITY ACT 2006 - SECT 66
Notice of increase in residential chargeS. 66(1) amended by No. 22/2012 s. 22.
(1) A disability service provider must give at least 60 days notice in writing of a proposed increase in the residential charge to a resident in a group home and the resident's guardian or the resident's administrator, if any.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), a disability service provider must not increase the rent component of the residential charge payable by a resident at intervals of less than 6 months.
(3) If a disability service provider provides an additional service item to the resident at the resident's request, the disability service provider may increase the residential charge without complying with this section if the amount of the increase relates only to the services component.
(4) Any proposed increase in the residential charge made in contravention of this section is invalid.