5Definitions

5 Definitions

In this determination:

Act means the Aged Care Act 1997.

adjusted subsidy reduction multi‑purpose service means a multi‑purpose service mentioned in Schedule 2.

Aged Care Workforce Supplement Guidelines means the document with that title published by the Department, as it exists on 1 August 2013.

Note: The document is available through the Department’s website (www.health.gov.au).

Category A service means a multi‑purpose service that:

(a) meets the requirements of subsection 6(1); and
(b) does not meet the requirements of subsection 8(3).

Category B service means a multi‑purpose service that:

(a) meets the requirements of subsection 7(1) or (3); and
(b) does not meet the requirements of subsection 8(4).

Category C service means a multi‑purpose service that meets the requirements of subsection 8(1), (3) or (4).

high care place means a place allocated in respect of a multi‑purpose service for the provision of care equivalent to a high level of residential care.

home care place means a place allocated in respect of a multi‑purpose service for the provision of care equivalent to home care.

low care place means a place allocated in respect of a multi‑purpose service for the provision of care equivalent to a low level of residential care.

multi‑purpose service has the meaning given by section 15.3 of the Flexible Care Subsidy Principles 1997.

region has the meaning given by Schedule 1 to the Aged Care Act 1997.

reviewable decision has the meaning given by section 18.

RRMA Classification means the ‘Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Area Classification’, 1991 Census Edition, published by the Australian Government Publishing Service, November 1994.

viability supplement equivalent amount, for a multi‑purpose service for a day, means:

(a) for a multi‑purpose service that is a Category A service, a Category B service or a Category C service—the amount that is specified in Schedule 3 in respect of a care recipient to whom care is provided through the service on that day; and
(b) for a multi‑purpose service that is not a Category A service, a Category B service or a Category C service—$0.