112Available service delivery branch financial year account balance

112 Available service delivery branch financial year account balance

(1) This section applies to a notional service delivery branch account for a registered provider for a service delivery branch of the provider established under subsection 203(1) of the new Act if the first individual referred to in paragraph (a) of that subsection is an individual: (a) in respect of whom the System Governor is taken under subitem 2(1) or 3(1) of Schedule 2 to the CTP Act to have made a decision that the individual is approved for a classification type for a service group; and (b) the start day for the individual for the classification type for the service group is the day of the transition time. (2) For the quarter in which the start day occurs, and the subsequent quarter, no amounts are to be credited to the notional service delivery branch account under subsection 203(2) of the new Act in relation to any individual.

Note: Instead, the effect of subsection (3) of this section is to credit amounts in accordance with subsection 203(4) of the new Act to the account for those two quarters.

(3) Subsection 203(4) of the new Act applies to the notional service delivery branch account as though: (a) the reference in subsection 203(4) of the new Act to other than the first quarter of operation or second quarter of operation were instead a reference to including the first quarter of operation and the second quarter of operation; and (b) a reference in subsection 203(4) of the new Act to the first day of a quarter, when used in relation to the quarter in which the start day occurs, were instead a reference to 1 November 2025; and (c) a reference in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection 203(4) of the new Act to the number of days in the quarter, when used in relation to the quarter in which the start day occurs, were instead a reference to the number of remaining days in the quarter on 1 November 2025. (4) Subsection 203(5) of the new Act applies, in relation to the quarter in which the start day occurs and an individual who is a covered individual, as though: (a) the registered provider had complied with the requirement in paragraph (a) of that subsection in relation to the individual; and (b) any other requirements prescribed by the new rules for the purposes of paragraph (c) of that subsection had been met in relation to the individual. (5) For the purposes of subsection (4), a covered individual is an individual: (a) in respect of whom the System Governor is taken under subitem 2(1) or 3(1) of Schedule 2 to the CTP Act to have made a decision that the individual is approved for a classification type for a service group; and (b) for whom the start day for the classification type for the service group is the day of the transition time; and (c) to whom the registered provider delivers ongoing funded aged care services through the service group home support through the service branch.