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Aged Care (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997
102DReview by AAT of decisions relating to determinations under section 5 of the Aged Care Income Testing Act 1997
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#### 102D Review by AAT of decisions relating to determinations under section 5 of the Aged Care Income Testing Act 1997
(1) If:
(a) before the commencement day, a person had, under section 1282 of this Act, applied to the AAT for review of a decision; and
(b) the decision related to a determination under section 5 of the Aged Care Income Testing Act 1997; and
(c) as at the commencement day, the AAT had not yet made a decision on the review;
the application for review has effect, on and after the commencement day, as if it were an application for review of a decision relating to a determination made under section 44-24 of the Aged Care Act 1997.
(2) In this clause:
> commencement day means the day on which the Aged Care Act 1997 (other than Division 1 of that Act) commences.
Part 4—Other amendments
74 Section 3 (index of definitions)
Insert the following entries in their appropriate alphabetical positions (determined on a letter-by-letter basis):
| accommodation bond | 11(1) |
| -------------------------- | ----- |
| accommodation bond balance | 11(1) |
75 Subsection 4(9)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(9) For the purpose of this Act, a person is in approved respite care on a particular day if the person is eligible for a respite care supplement in respect of that day under section 44-12 of the Aged Care Act 1997.
76 After subsection 9(1C)
Insert:
(1D) To avoid doubt, neither an accommodation bond nor an accommodation bond balance is a financial investment for the purposes of this Act.
77 Subsection 11(1)
Insert:
> accommodation bond has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.
78 Subsection 11(1)
Insert:
> accommodation bond balance has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act 1997.
79 After subsection 11(3A)
Insert:
(3B) For the purposes of this Act, an accommodation bond balance in respect of an accommodation bond paid by a person is taken to be an asset of the person.
Schedule 4—Amendment of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
Part 1—Abolition of residential care allowance
1 Paragraph 5H(8)(e) (note)
Omit “or residential care allowance”.
2 Paragraph 5H(8)(e) (note)
Omit “or Residential Care Allowance Module”.
3 Subsection 5NB(1) (paragraph (a) of the definition of dependent child component)
Omit “or residential care allowance”.
4 Subsection 5NB(1) (note 1 to the definition of dependent child component)
Omit “or residential care allowance”.
5 Subsection 40(1) (note 1)
Omit “, residential care allowance”.
6 Paragraph 40C(1)(a)
Omit “, the residential care allowance Module of a Rate Calculator”.
7 Paragraph 40C(1)(c)
Omit “, the residential care allowance Module”.
8 Paragraph 40C(1)(d)
Omit “or the residential care allowance Module”.
9 Paragraph 40C(1A)(a)
Omit “, the residential care allowance Module of a Rate Calculator”.
10 Paragraph 40C(1A)(c)
Omit “, the residential care allowance Module”.
11 Paragraph 40C(1A)(d)
Omit “or the residential care allowance Module”.
12 Subsection 40C(2) (Relevant Modules Table, column 3A)
Repeal the column.
13 Point 41-A1 (method statement, step 2)
Omit “or the amount per year (if any) for residential care allowance using MODULE CAA below”.
14 Point 41-A1 (note 2)
Omit “or residential care allowance”.
15 Paragraph 41-C2(aa)
Repeal the paragraph.
16 Point 41-C2 (note 1A)
Repeal the note.
17 Section 41 (Module CAA)
Repeal the Module.
18 Point 42-A1 (method statement, step 3)
Omit “or the amount per year (if any) for residential care allowance using MODULE DAAA below”.
19 Point 42-A1 (note 2)
Omit “, or residential care allowance”.
20 Paragraph 42-D2(aa)
Repeal the paragraph.
21 Point 42-D2 (note 1A)
Repeal the note.
22 Section 42 (Module DAAA)
Repeal the Module.
23 Point 42-DAA12
Omit “or residential care allowance”.
24 Point 42-DAA12 (note)
Omit “For residential care allowance see Module DAAA”.
25 Paragraph 43(4)(d) (formula)
Omit “RA/RCA”, substitute “RA”.
26 Subsection 43(4) (definition of RA/RCA)
Repeal the definition, substitute:
> RA means the amount for rent added to the person’s maximum basic rate under Step 3 of Method statement A in point 43-A1.
27 Point 43-A1 (method statement A, step 3)
Omit all the words after “MODULE D below”.
28 Paragraph 43-D2(aa)
Repeal the paragraph.
29 Point 43-D2 (note 1A)
Repeal the note.
30 Section 43 (Module DAA)
Repeal the Module.
31 Point 45-B4 (note)
Omit the last sentence.
32 Paragraphs 45V(1)(b), (d) and (f)
Omit “or the residential care allowance Module”.
33 Paragraphs 45V(2)(b), (d) and (e)
Omit “or the residential care allowance Module”.
34 Paragraph 45V(3)(b)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(b) the person would be eligible to have rent assistance added to his or her maximum basic rate under point 45X-D2 if the person were not blind (that is, if the rate of the person’s income support supplement were calculated using the Method statement set out in point 45X-B1, instead of that set out in point 45X-B2);
35 Subsection 45V(3)
Omit all the words after “Module D of the Rate Calculator”.
36 Point 45X-B1 (method statement, step 2)
Omit all the words after “MODULE D below”.
37 Point 45X-B1 (note 3)
Omit “or residential care allowance”.
38 Point 45X-B2 (method statement, step 3)
Omit all the words after “MODULE D below”.
39 Paragraph 45X-D2(aa)
Repeal the paragraph.
40 Point 45X-D2 (note 1A)
Repeal the note.
41 Section 45X (Module DA)
Repeal the Module.
42 Point 45Y-B1 (method statement, step 11)
Omit all the words after “MODULE F below”.
43 Point 45Y-B2 (method statement, step 3)
Omit all the words after “MODULE F below”.
44 Paragraph 45Y-F2(aa)
Repeal the paragraph.
45 Point 45Y-F2 (note 1A)
Repeal the note.
46 Section 45-Y (Module FA)
Repeal the Module.
47 Point 45Y-H5 (definition of DC add-ons)
Omit “or residential care allowance”.
48 Section 59A (Indexed and Adjusted Amounts Table, rows 6B, 6C and 7AAAA)
Repeal the rows.
49 Section 59B (CPI Indexation Table, rows 3B and 3C)
Repeal the rows.
50 Section 59GAA
Repeal the section.
51 Application
The amendments to the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 made by this Part apply to instalments of pension paid after the day on which this Part commences.
Part 2—Rent assistance and related matters
52 Section 5 (index of definitions)
Insert the following entries in their appropriate alphabetical positions (determined on a letter-by-letter basis):
| aged care resident | 5NC(5) |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------ |
| in a care situation | 5NC(2) |
| in respite care | 5NC(8) |
| personally providing community-based care | 5NC(4) |
| receiving community-based care | 5NC(3) |
| residential care charge | 5N(1) |
53 Section 5 (index of definitions)
Repeal:
| approved respite care | 5R(8) |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------- |
| excluded property owner | 5NAA(1) |
| in a care situation | 5N(9) |
| in residential care | 5NAA(2) |
| personally providing community-based care | 5N(9) |
| receiving community-based care | 5N(9) |
| residential care charge | 5NAA(3) |
| residing in a nursing home | 5N(8) |
| respite period | 5Q(1) |
54 Paragraph 5L(7)(b)
Omit “in a relevant care situation” (first occurring), substitute “in a care situation or is an aged care resident”.
55 Paragraph 5L(7)(b)
Omit “in a relevant care situation” (second occurring), substitute “either in a care situation or an aged care resident”.
56 Subparagraphs 5L(7)(c)(i)
Omit “in a relevant care situation”, substitute “in a care situation or is an aged care resident”.
57 Subparagraphs 5L(7)(d)(i)
Omit “in a relevant care situation”, substitute “in a care situation or is an aged care resident”.
58 Subparagraph 5L(7)(d)(ii)
Omit “in a relevant care situation”, substitute “either in a care situation or while an aged care resident”.
59 Subparagraph 5L(7)(d)(iii)
Omit “in a relevant care situation”, substitute “either in a care situation or an aged care resident”.
60 Paragraph 5L(7)(d)
Omit “started to be in a relevant care situation”, substitute “started to be either in a care situation or an aged care resident”.
61 Subparagraphs 5L(7)(e)(i)
Omit “in a relevant care situation”, substitute “in a care situation or is an aged care resident”.
62 Subparagraph 5L(7)(e)(ii)
Omit “in a relevant care situation”, substitute “in a care situation or while an aged care resident”.
63 Subsection 5L(7) (notes 1 and 2)
Repeal the notes, substitute:
> Note 1: For in a care situation see subsection 5NC(2).
> Note 2: For aged care resident see subsection 5NC(5).
64 Subsection 5L(7A)
Repeal the subsection.
65 Subsection 5N(1)
Insert:
> residential care charge means an amount paid by, or on behalf of, a person to an approved provider (within the meaning of the Aged Care Act 1997) for the provision of care to the person, but does not include an accommodation bond within the meaning of that Act.
66 Subsection 5N(1) (note to the definition of ineligible property owner)
Repeal the note, substitute:
> Note: For retirement village see subsections 5M(3) and (4), for property owner see subsection 5L(4), for principal home see subsections 5L(5), (6) and (7), for personally providing community-based care, see subsection 5NC(4), for in a care situation see subsection 5NC(2).
Note: The heading to subsection 5N(7) is replaced by the heading “People in care situations”.
67 Subsection 5N(1) (definition of residing in a nursing home)
Repeal the definition.
68 Subsection 5N(8)
Repeal the subsection.
69 Subsection 5N(9)
Repeal the subsection.
70 Section 5NAA
Repeal the section.
71 After section 5NB
Insert: