Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Act 2013
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95B‑12 Annual report
(1) The *Aged Care Pricing Commissioner must, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, prepare and give to the Minister, for presentation to the Parliament, a report on the Aged Care Pricing Commissioner’s operations during that year.
Note: See also section 34C of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, which contains extra rules about annual reports.
(2) The *Aged Care Pricing Commissioner must include in the report: (a) the number of applications that were made to the Aged Care Pricing Commissioner during the financial year for approval to charge an accommodation payment that is higher than the maximum amount of accommodation payment determined by the Minister under section 52G‑3; and (b) the number of such applications that were approved, rejected or withdrawn during the financial year; and (c) the number of applications that were made to the Aged Care Pricing Commissioner during the financial year for approval to charge an extra service fee; and (d) any other information required by the Commissioner Principles to be included in the report.
15 Section 96‑1 (table item 2)
Repeal the item.
16 Section 96‑1 (after table item 9)
Insert:
| 9A | Commissioner Principles | Divisions 95A and 95B |
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16A Section 96‑1 (after table item 14)
Insert:
| 14A | Fees and Payments Principles | Parts 3A.1, 3A.2 and 3A.3 |
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17 Section 96‑1 (after table item 17)
Insert:
| 17A | Quality Agency Reporting Principles | Part 4.4 |
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18 Section 96‑2 (heading)
Omit “Delegations”, substitute “Delegation”.
19 Subsection 96‑2(6)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(6) The Secretary may, in writing, delegate to the *CEO of the Quality Agency the functions of the Secretary that the Secretary considers necessary for the CEO to perform the CEO’s functions under the Australian Aged Care Quality Agency Act 2013.
20 Clause 1 of Schedule 1 (definition of accreditation body)
Repeal the definition.
21 Clause 1 of Schedule 1 (definition of accreditation grant)