63FStates, Territories and local government etc. taken to be approved providers etc.

63F States, Territories and local government etc. taken to be approved providers etc.

(1) Subject to subsection (3), a person or body of the following kind (the entity) may give the Commissioner a written notice requesting that this section applies in relation to the entity: (a) a State or Territory; (b) a State or Territory authority; (c) a local government authority. (2) If the entity gives the Commissioner a notice under subsection (1), each of the following apply for the purposes of this Act, the rules, the Aged Care Act and the Aged Care Principles: (a) the entity is taken to be an approved provider; (b) the approval of the entity is taken to come into effect on the first day after the day the notice is received by the Commissioner; (c) the approval of the entity is taken to be in respect of: (i) all types of aged care; and (ii) all types of aged care services that are provided, or will be provided, by the entity.

Note: As the entity is an approved provider, the entity’s approval may be suspended or revoked under Division 4 of this Part, or Part 7B, of this Act.

(3) If: (a) an entity is taken to be an approved provider under paragraph (2)(a); and (b) the approval of the entity is revoked under Division 4 of this Part or Part 7B; then: (c) the entity is not permitted to give the Commissioner another notice under subsection (1); and (d) if the entity subsequently applies under section 63B for approval as a provider of aged care—the entity is taken, for the purposes of the application, to be a corporation.