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Legislation

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Aged Care Act 2024

Aged Care Rules 2025

Historical legislation

Aged Care Act 1997

  • section 44-30 and 48-10 - The hardship supplement
  • section 44-31 and 48-11 - Determining cases of financial hardship
  • section 44-32 and 48-12 - Revoking determinations of financial hardship
  • section 52J - Rules about refundable deposits

Subsidy Principles 2014

Residential care

  • section 60 - Eligibility for hardship supplement - determination by Secretary
  • section 61 - Meaning of essential expenses for a recipient of residential care
  • section 62 - Circumstances in which Secretary may revoke financial hardship determination

Home care

  • section 95 - Eligibility for hardship supplement - determination by Secretary
  • section 96 - Meaning of essential expenses for a recipient of home care
  • section 97 - Circumstances in which Secretary may revoke financial hardship determination

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997

  • section 44-30 - The hardship supplement
  • section 44-31 - Determining cases of financial hardship

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles 2014

  • section 57 - Eligibility for hardship supplement (residential care fees)
  • sections 58, 83 and 122 - Circumstances in which Secretary may revoke financial hardship determination
  • section 82 - Matters to which the Secretary must have regard in deciding whether to make financial hardship determination. (accommodation bonds)
  • section 121 - Matters to which the Secretary must have regard in deciding whether to make financial hardship determination (accommodation charge)

Fees and Payments Principles 2014

  • section 38 - Matters to which Secretary must have regard in deciding whether to make financial hardship determination
  • section 39 - Meaning of Essential Expenses

Quality of Care Principles 2014

Relevant sections are as follows:

  • Schedule 1 - Care and services for residential care services
    • Part 1 - Hotel Services
    • Part 2 - Care and services
    • Part 3 - Care and services
  • Schedule 3 - Care and services for home care services
    • Part 1 - Care and services
    • Part 2 - Excluded items

Act references for home care

Table 1: contains Aged Care Act 1997 references about home care.

Item

Grant

Basic Daily Fee (BDF)/Income Tested Care Fee (ITCF)

48-11

Residential care including respite care pre 1 July 2014

These tables contain Act references about Residential Care.

Table 2: pre 1 July 2014: Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 & Aged Care (Transitional Provision) Principles 2014.

Item

Grant

BDF/Income Tested Fee (ITF)

44-31

Accommodation (ACC) Bond

57D

ACC Charge

57A-9

Residential care including respite care post 1 July 2014

Table 3: contains post 1 July 2014: Aged Care Act 1997 and Subsidy Principles 2014.

Item

Grant

BDF/Means Tested Care Fee (MTCF)

44-31

Accommodation costs - Accommodation Contribution, Daily Accommodation Payment (DAP)

52K-1