226CReturn of unspent Commonwealth portion—individual transfers between provider service delivery branches

226C  Return of unspent Commonwealth portion—individual transfers between provider service delivery branches

 (a) a registered provider holds an unspent Commonwealth portion for an individual to whom the provider is delivering funded aged care services through a particular service delivery branch of the provider; and

 (b) the provider ceases to deliver those services to the individual through that service delivery branch and starts to deliver those services to the individual through another service delivery branch of the provider; and

 (c) there is continuity of the delivery of those services to the individual by that provider.

 (2) The provider must:

 (a) give the System Governor written notice of the matters mentioned in subsection (1); and

 (b) return the available balance of the unspent Commonwealth portion for the individual to the Commonwealth:

 (i) within the period prescribed by the rules after the cessation; and

 (ii) in accordance with any other requirements prescribed by the rules.

Note: If the available balance is not returned to the Commonwealth in accordance with this section, it may be a recoverable amount: see subsection 514(3).