7Deemed registration of supporters

7 Deemed registration of supporters

Deemed registration (1) The System Governor is taken to have decided, at the transition time, to register a person to be a supporter of an individual under subsection 37(1) of the new Act if, immediately before the transition time, the person was a representative for the individual in the service known as My Aged Care. Notification of deemed registration not required (2) Section 39 of the new Act does not apply to a deemed registration of a person as a supporter of an individual under subsection (1). Period of effect of deemed registration (3) A deemed registration of a person as a supporter of an individual under subsection (1) takes effect at the transition time. (4) Subject to subsection 49(4) of the new Act (which provides that registrations have no effect while suspended), a deemed registration of a person as a supporter of an individual under subsection (1) remains in effect until the earliest of the following: (a) the registration is cancelled under Division 5 of Part 4 of Chapter 1 of the new Act; (b) the individual dies; (c) the supporter dies; (d) the end date (if any) recorded, immediately before the transition time, in the service known as My Aged Care as the date on which the person ceases to be a representative of the individual.