9AFunctions relating to financial hardship

9A Functions relating to financial hardship

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), each of the following is a prescribed function of the Chief Executive Medicare, to be carried out on behalf of the Aged Care Secretary: (a) to perform the functions conferred on the Aged Care Secretary by Division 52K of the Aged Care Act; (b) to perform the functions conferred on the Aged Care Secretary by sections 57‑14 and 57‑15 of the Aged Care Transitional Act; (c) to perform the functions conferred on the Aged Care Secretary by sections 57A‑9 and 57A‑10 of the Aged Care Transitional Act. (2) It is not a prescribed function of the Chief Executive Medicare to approve a form that the Aged Care Secretary is required to approve under a provision mentioned in subregulation (1).