15Agreement with proprietor of nursing home

15 Agreement with proprietor of nursing home

(1) The Secretary may, on behalf of the Commonwealth, enter into an agreement, in accordance with the common form of agreement, with the proprietor of an approved nursing home or a nursing home in respect of which application has been made under subsection 4(1). (2) In the event of a variation of the common form of agreement under section 12, an agreement entered into under subsection (1) of this section shall be deemed to be varied accordingly. (3) In the event of the Minister terminating his or her approval of the common form of agreement, agreements under this section that were in force immediately before the termination of that approval shall remain in force unless and until a fresh form of agreement is approved under section 12 or the agreement is terminated in a manner provided for in the agreement. (4) An agreement entered into by the proprietor of a nursing home under this section on or before 30 April 1975 may be expressed to apply to and in relation to: (a) the carrying on of an approved nursing home by the proprietor; or (b) the carrying on of an approved nursing home by the proprietor and the provision of approved services by the proprietor; during a period that commenced before the date on which the agreement is entered into but not before 1 January 1975.