Aged Care Act 2024
288Rules may deal with application to specialist aged care programs
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288 Rules may deal with application to specialist aged care programs
(1) Provisions of this Part do not apply in respect of the delivery of funded aged care services to an individual if:
(a) the provisions are specified in the rules; and
(b) the services are delivered to the individual under a specialist aged care program; and
(c) the program is prescribed by the rules.
(2) If provisions of this Part do not apply in respect of the delivery of funded aged care services to an individual because of the operation of subsection (1), the rules may prescribe different requirements in relation to the delivery of services under the specialist aged care program to the individual relating to the following:
(a) accommodation agreements;
(b) charging of accommodation payments;
(c) charging of accommodation contributions;
(d) charging of daily payments;
(e) refundable deposits.
Division 2—Maximum accommodation payment amounts and publication of certain amounts by the System Governor