7Definitions

#### 7 Definitions In this Act: > ABN has the meaning given by the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999. > accommodation bond has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > accommodation charge has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > accommodation contribution has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > accommodation payment has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > Advisory Council means the Aged Care Quality and Safety Advisory Council established by section 37. > Advisory Council member means a member of the Advisory Council and includes the Chair. > affected person: see section 74J. > aged care has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > Aged Care Act means the Aged Care Act 1997. > aged care consumer means: (a) a care recipient; or (b) a person who is a recipient of a Commonwealth‑funded aged care service. > Aged Care Principles means Principles made under section 96‑1 of the Aged Care Act. > aged care responsibility means a responsibility of an approved provider under Chapter 4 of the Aged Care Act. > aged care service has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > aged care worker of an approved provider means: (a) an individual employed or otherwise engaged (including on a voluntary basis) by the provider; or (b) an individual: (i) who is employed or otherwise engaged (including on a voluntary basis) by a contractor or subcontractor of the provider; and (ii) who provides care or other services to the care recipients provided with aged care through an aged care service of the provider. > Note: An individual engaged by an approved provider includes an independent contractor. > annual operational plan means the annual operational plan given to the Minister under section 54. > approved provider: a person or body is an approved provider if: (a) the person or body: (i) has been approved as a provider of aged care under section 63D; or (ii) is taken, under paragraph 63F(2)(a), to be an approved provider; and (b) the approval of the person or body is in effect. > Note: The approval of the person or body ceases to have effect if it is suspended or revoked under Division 4 of Part 7A or Part 7B. > authorised officer means a person appointed as an authorised officer under subsection 75A(1). > banning order means an order made under subsection 74GB(1) or (3). > care has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > care recipient means a person approved under Part 2.3 of the Aged Care Act as a recipient of aged care. > Chair means the Chair of the Advisory Council. > civil penalty order has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act. > civil penalty provision has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act. > code functions: see section 18A. > Code of Conduct means the code of conduct which the rules made for the purposes of subsection 74AE(1) make provision for or in relation to. > Commission means the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission established by section 11. > Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Commission. > Commonwealth‑funded aged care service: see subsection 8(1). > complaints functions: see section 18. > compliance notice means a notice given under section 74EE. > consumer engagement functions: see section 17. > corporation means a trading or financial corporation within the meaning of paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution. > distinct part, in relation to a residential care service, has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > education functions: see section 20. > eligible adviser means a person other than: (b) an officer of the Commonwealth; or (c) a person specified in the rules. > extra service status has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > Federal Court means the Federal Court of Australia. > flexible care has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > flexible care service has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > funding agreement that relates to a Commonwealth‑funded aged care service: see subsection 8(2). > governing person of an approved provider means an individual who is one of the key personnel of the provider under paragraph 8B(1)(a) or (b). > home care has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > home care service has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > identity card means: (a) in relation to an authorised officer—an identity card issued to the authorised officer under section 35 or 76 of the Regulatory Powers Act; or (b) in relation to a quality assessor—an identity card issued to the quality assessor under section 74 of this Act. > indictable offence means: (a) an indictable offence against a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; or (b) an offence that: (i) is an offence against a law of a foreign country or of a part of a foreign country; and (ii) when committed, corresponds to an indictable offence against a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory. > Inspector‑General of Aged Care means the Inspector‑General of Aged Care referred to in section 9 of the Inspector‑General of Aged Care Act 2023. > internal decision reviewer means: (a) the Commissioner; or (b) a delegate of the Commissioner referred to in paragraph 74L(1)(b) or 74M(1)(b). > key personnel of a person or body has the meaning given by section 8B. > local government authority means a body established for the purposes of local government by or under a law of a State or Territory. > NDIS banning order means a banning order made under section 73ZN of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013. > non‑compliance notice means a notice given under subsection 63S(2). > occupied place of an approved provider: see subsection 63Q(5). > paid work means work for financial gain or reward (whether as an employee, a self‑employed person or otherwise). > people with special needs has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > personal information means information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion. > place has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > Pricing Authority has the same meaning as in the National Health Reform Act 2011. > protected information: see subsection 60(2). > provisional allocation has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > quality assessor means a person registered as a quality assessor under the rules. > reconsideration decision means a decision made under subsection 74L(2) or 74M(3). > regulatory functions: see section 19. > regulatory official means the Commissioner or a quality assessor. > Regulatory Powers Act means the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014. > relevant data: see subsection 72(3). > reportable incident means: (a) for an approved provider—a reportable incident within the meaning of the Aged Care Act; or (b) for a service provider of a Commonwealth‑funded aged care service—an incident that is a reportable incident under the funding agreement that relates to the service. > residential care has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > residential care service has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > reviewable decision: see section 74J. > rules means the rules made under section 77. > search powers: see sections 71 and 72. > Secretary means the Secretary of the Department. > service provider of a Commonwealth‑funded aged care service: see subsection 8(3). > staff of the Commission means the staff of the Commission referred to in section 33. > State or Territory authority means a body established for a public purpose by or under a law of a State or Territory. > subsidy has the same meaning as in the Aged Care Act. > suitability matters in relation to an individual has the meaning given by section 8C. > vacancy, in relation to the office of an Advisory Council member, has a meaning affected by section 9. > vacant place of an approved provider: see subsection 63Q(4).