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1985 but deemed to be a National Partnership Agreement in the context of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations of 2008, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.

"health care provider" means a person who provides treatment to an entitled person in accordance with these Principles.

"home" includes:

(a) the premises, or part of the premises, where the person normally resides; or
(b) a share house where the person normally resides;

         but does not include:

 (c) a hospital; or

         (d) the premises where the person is receiving residential care.

      Note: 'residential care' is also defined in paragraph 1.4.1.".

    "Home and Community Care Program service" means a service provided to a person under the auspices of the Home and Community Care Act 1985 when that Act was in force.
    Note: in 2015 there was a proposal to repeal the Home and Community Care Act 1985 by the Omnibus Repeal Day (Spring 2014) Act 2014.

     "Home and Garden Maintenance" means the service, under the Veterans' Home Care Program, of maintaining the home, garden or yard of an entitled person, and includes:

         (a)              assistance with minor maintenance and minor repair of the home (e.g changing light bulbs, minor carpentry, minor painting, replacing tap washers, but not the supply of replacement items), garden or yard to keep the home, garden or yard safe and habitable;
    (b) lawn mowing;

but does not mean:

         (c) tree felling or tree removing or other major tasks related to a garden or yard;
(d) provision of materials.

     Note: recipients of Veterans' Home Care services will be expected to supply materials used in home maintenance, eg replacement light bulbs and tap washers.  Service providers will be required to provide any equipment needed, eg garden tools.

"home care" has the meaning given by section 45‑3 of the Aged Care Act 1997.

     "Home Care service (category A)" means the provision of Domestic Assistance, Personal Care, Home and Garden Maintenance or Respite Care to an entitled person pursuant to the Veterans' Home Care Program.

    "Home Care service (category B)" means:

        (a) for an entitled person in Victoria or Western Australia at a time when the Commonwealth Home Support Programme service in Victoria or Western Australia, as the case may be, does not include a service that would satisfy the description of a HACC Review Agreement (National Partnership) service — the provision of treatment to the person pursuant to the Veterans' Home Care Program that would satisfy the description of:

          (i) a HACC Review Agreement (National Partnership) service ;or
            (ii) a Commonwealth Home Support Programme service other than such a service that would satisfy the description of a HACC Review Agreement (National Partnership) service; or
          (ii) both services in (i) and (ii);