{"id":"F2006L02140","name":"Aged Care Act 1997 - Determination under section 52-1 for flexible care subsidy for Retirement Villages Care Pilot (ACA Ch. 3 No. 12/2006)","slug":"aged-care-act-1997-determination-under-section-52-1-for-flexible-care-subsidy-for-retirement-village","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":117480,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006L02140-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"AGED CARE ACT 1997","sectionType":"part","heading":"AGED CARE ACT 1997","content":"# AGED CARE ACT 1997\n\nDetermination of amount of flexible care subsidy under section 52-1 for\n\nRetirement Villages Care Pilot\n\nI, SANTO SANTORO, Minister for Ageing, acting under paragraph 52-1(1)(a) and subsection 52-1(2) of the Aged Care Act 1997, REVOKE, immediately before 1 July 2006, Determination ACA Ch.3 No.16 /2005 and DETERMINE that the amount of FLEXIBLE CARE SUBSIDY payable in respect of a day and based on the following matters is as set out below:\n\nFor the kinds of care specified in sub-section 15.24(1)(b) of the Flexible Care Subsidy Principles 1997, where this is in accordance with the joint initiative between the Department of Health and Ageing and the approved providers, in respect of the Retirement Villages Care Pilot, the rate of Flexible Care Subsidy, commencing on 1 July 2006 or thereafter, is $33.30 per low care place per day and $111.32 per high care place per day.\n\nDated this 28th day of June 2006\n\nSigned by\n\nSANTO SANTORO\n\nMinister for Ageing","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1905},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination maintains its original narrow scope of setting specific daily subsidy rates for the Retirement Villages Care Pilot program. It performs exactly the administrative function authorized by section 52-1 of the Act without expanding beyond the pilot program context."},"complexity_factors":["References to external legislative provisions (section 52-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997 and subsection 15.24(1)(b) of the Flexible Care Subsidy Principles 1997)","Revocation of prior instrument (Determination ACA Ch.3 No.16/2005)","Precise temporal triggering ('immediately before 1 July 2006')"],"plain_english_summary":"This document sets the daily payment rates that the Australian Government pays to aged care providers participating in the **Retirement Villages Care Pilot** program.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Sets two different subsidy rates effective from **1 July 2006**:\n  - **$33.30 per day** for each \"low care\" place\n  - **$111.32 per day** for each \"high care\" place\n- These payments are called \"flexible care subsidies\" — government funding for aged care services delivered in retirement village settings rather than traditional nursing homes\n- Only applies to providers who are part of the specific joint initiative between the Department of Health and Ageing and approved providers running this pilot program\n\n**What changed:**\n- This replaces (revokes) the previous rates set in 2005, updating the amounts providers receive for each day they care for eligible residents"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/aged-care-act-1997-determination-under-section-52-1-for-flexible-care-subsidy-for-retirement-village","history":"/api/acts/aged-care-act-1997-determination-under-section-52-1-for-flexible-care-subsidy-for-retirement-village/history","analysis":"/api/acts/aged-care-act-1997-determination-under-section-52-1-for-flexible-care-subsidy-for-retirement-village/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/aged-care-act-1997-determination-under-section-52-1-for-flexible-care-subsidy-for-retirement-village/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/aged-care-act-1997-determination-under-section-52-1-for-flexible-care-subsidy-for-retirement-village/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/aged-care-act-1997-determination-under-section-52-1-for-flexible-care-subsidy-for-retirement-village/documents"}}