5Approval of home care service schemes

5 Approval of home care service schemes

(1) For the purposes of this Part, the Minister may, at the request of a participating State, approve a scheme conducted, or to be conducted, by the State, a local governing body, a community welfare organization or a joint body for the provision of a home care service wholly or mainly for aged persons in respect of which that State proposes to incur expenditure. (2) The Minister shall not approve a scheme of the kind referred to in subsection (1) on or after the prescribed commencement day.