6State funded residential care service

6 State funded residential care service S. 6(1) amended by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1). (1) The Secretary may, by notice published in the Government Gazette, declare premises to be a State funded residential care service if— S. 6(1)(a) amended by No. 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1). (a) in the opinion of the Secretary a business is carried on at those premises on a not-for-profit basis of providing accommodation to persons who— S. 6(1)(a)(i) amended by No. 23/1994 s. 118(Sch. 1 item 25.2). (i) require the exercise of nursing supervision and care with occasional attendance by a registered medical practitioner; and S. 6(1)(a)(ii) substituted by No. 88/1994 s. 6, amended by Nos 73/1997 s. 5(1)(b), 55/2006 s. 5. (ii) are persons in respect of whom residential care subsidy under an Act of the Commonwealth are provided; and (b) the Government of Victoria provides funds directly or indirectly on a recurrent basis for the carrying on of that business. S. 6(2) inserted by No. 73/1997 s. 5(2). (2) Any premises in respect of which a declaration under this section was in force immediately before the commencement of section 5 of the **Health Services (Amendment) Act 1997** are deemed, on that commencement, to be declared under this section to be a State funded residential care service.