Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Rules 2025
91Priority 1 reportable incidents
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91 Priority 1 reportable incidents
(1) A priority 1 reportable incident under subsection 15NE(2) of the Quality of Care Principles that occurs before the transition time is taken, at the transition time, to be a priority 1 reportable incident under subsection 165A‑25(2) of the new rules. Priority 1 notice given before transition time (2) A registered provider is taken, at the transition time, to have given the Commissioner a priority 1 notice under subsection 165A‑25(1) of the new rules in relation to the priority 1 reportable incident if: (a) immediately before the transition time, the registered provider was an approved provider; and (b) the approved provider had given the Quality and Safety Commissioner a priority 1 notice under subsection 15NE(1) of the Quality of Care Principles in relation to the priority 1 reportable incident before the transition time. Priority 1 notice not given before transition time (3) A registered provider must give the Commissioner a priority 1 notice under subsection 165A‑25(1) of the new rules in relation to the priority 1 reportable incident if: (a) immediately before the transition time, the registered provider was an approved provider that was required to give the Quality and Safety Commissioner a priority 1 notice under subsection 15NE(1) of the Quality of Care Principles in relation to the priority 1 reportable incident if those principles had not been repealed; and (b) the approved provider had not given the priority 1 notice to the Quality and Safety Commissioner before the transition time.