DISABILITY ACT 2006 - SECT 69 Receipts for payment
DISABILITY ACT 2006 - SECT 69
Receipts for payment(1) A disability service provider must give a written receipt in accordance with this section to the person making a payment of the residential charge—
(a) immediately, if the payment is made in person;
(b) if the payment is not made in person and a written receipt is requested at the time the payment is made, within 30 days of receiving the payment.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2) A receipt under this section must—
(a) be signed by the disability service provider;
(b) state—
(i) the name of the resident;
(ii) the name of the disability service provider;
S. 69(2)(b)(iii) amended by No. 22/2012 s. 23.
(iii) the location of the group home;
(iv) the date the payment is received;
(v) the period in respect of which the payment was made;
(vi) the amount paid;
(vii) whether the payment was made for the rent component or the services components or both components.
(3) If the payment is not made in person and a written receipt is not requested, the disability service provider must keep a record of the payment of a residential charge until the earlier of—
(a) the end of 12 months after receiving the payment; or
(b) if a resident requests a copy of the record before the end of 12 months after making the payment, the provision of a copy of the record to the resident.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(4) The disability service provider must provide a copy of a record requested in accordance with subsection (3)(b) within 30 days of receiving the request.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (3), a record must contain information which enables the details specified in subsection (2)(b) to be identified.
(6) The regulations may provide that a prescribed class of disability service provider is exempted from complying with subsection (1), (2) or (3) subject to any conditions which may be prescribed.