Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00838:reg:27
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00838
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 27
Character Range: 47309–48942

27  Notification of Pricing Authority's decision
 (1) The Pricing Authority must notify, in writing, an approved provider who made an application, under subsection 52G‑4(1) of the Act, for approval to charge a higher maximum accommodation payment amount for a room, or a part of a room, in a residential care service or an eligible flexible care service:
 (a) whether or not the higher amount is approved; and
 (b) if the higher amount is approved and the approval is not subject to the condition referred to in subsection 26(3)—of the date on which the approval is to take effect.
Note 1: A decision not to approve a higher maximum accommodation payment amount is reviewable under Part 6.1 of the Act.
Note 2: If a higher maximum accommodation payment amount is approved, the amount applies only in relation to a person:
(a) who at the date of approval has not entered into an accommodation agreement with the approved provider; and
(b) whose entry to the service occurs on or after the date of the approval.
 See subsection 52G‑4(6) of the Act.
 (2) If the higher maximum accommodation payment amount is approved subject to the condition referred to in subsection 26(3), the notice must include a statement setting out the condition.
 (3) The notice must be given within 60 days after the Pricing Authority received the application.
 (4) If the Pricing Authority requested further information under subsection 52G‑4(3) of the Act to determine the application, the 60 day period referred to in subsection (3) does not include the period beginning on the day the request was made and ending on the day the information was received.