Commonwealth: Aged Care Amendment Act 2004 (Cth)

Aged Care Amendment Act 2004 No. 82, 2004 An Act to amend the Aged Care Act 1997, and for related purposes Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendments Aged Care Act 1997 Aged Care Amendment Act 2004 No. 82, 2004 An Act to amend the Aged Care Act 1997, and for related purposes [Assented to 25 June 2004] The Parliament of Australia enacts: 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Aged Care Amendment Act 2004. 2 Commencement This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 1 July 2004. 3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms. Schedule 1—Amendments Aged Care Act 1997 1 Paragraph 28‑1(3)(b) Repeal the paragraph. 2 Paragraph 57A‑2(1)(h) Omit "imposes a 5 year limit", substitute "deals with cessation of the provision of care". 3 Subsections 57A‑7(2), (3) and (4) Repeal the subsections. Note: The heading to section 57A‑7 is replaced with the heading "Accommodation charge not to accrue after provision of care has ceased". 4 Application of amendments The amendments made by items 2 and 3 of this Schedule do not apply in relation to a person who first entered any residential care service as a care recipient (other than as a recipient of respite care) before 1 July 2004. [Minister's second reading speech made in— House of Representatives on 2 June 2004 Senate on 16 June 2004] (92/04)