Part 1Preliminary

Part 1—Preliminary

(1) In this Schedule:

Commission Act means the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018.

Commission Rules means the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Rules 2018.

modify the operation of the provisions of an Act or instrument includes modify that operation by notionally adding, omitting or substituting text.

Note: Examples of modifying the operation of the provisions of an Act or instrument by notionally adding, omitting or substituting text include notionally adding, omitting or substituting:

new law means any of the following laws:

(a) the new Act;
(b) an instrument made under the new Act.

old Act means the Aged Care Act 1997.

(a) the old Act;
(b) the Commission Act;
(c) the old Transitional Provisions Act;
(d) an instrument made under the old Act, the Commission Act or the old Transitional Provisions Act.

old Principles means Principles made under section 96‑1 of the old Act.

old Transitional Provisions Act means the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997.

old Transitional Provisions Principles means Principles made under section 96‑1 of the old Transitional Provisions Act.

Subsidy Principles means the Subsidy Principles 2014.

transitional rules means the rules made under item 65.

(2) An expression used in a provision of this Schedule and in the new law has the same meaning in that provision as it has in the new law, subject to subitem (3).

(3) An expression used in a provision of this Schedule and in the old law has the same meaning in that provision as it had in the old law to the extent that:

(a) the use of the expression in that provision relates to an event that occurred, or a state of affairs that existed, under the old law before the transition time; or
(b) the provision has the effect that a provision of the old law continues to apply despite the repeal of the old law.