14Appeals

14 Appeals

(1) The form of agreement between the Commonwealth and the proprietor of a nursing home approved by the Minister under subsection 12(1) shall contain provisions in accordance with which the Minister shall, upon request by the proprietor, review: (a) the particulars of a kind referred to in paragraph 12(2)(a) approved by the Secretary in respect of the proprietor; or (b) the amount determined by the Secretary to be the approved deficit of the proprietor in respect of a year or other period; including provisions under which the Minister shall be required, before giving his or her decision with respect to the review, to obtain and consider the report of the Nursing Homes Advisory Committee for the State in which the nursing home is situated concerning the matters under review. (2) For the purposes of this section: (a) the Australian Capital Territory shall be deemed to be part of New South Wales; and (b) the Northern Territory shall be deemed to be part of South Australia.