Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00074:reg:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00074
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 9555–12297

4  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in these principles are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) continuing home care recipient;
(b) continuing residential care recipient;
(c) home care agreement;
(d) personal information;
(e) resident agreement;
(f) staff member.
  In these principles:
Act means the Aged Care Act 1997.
agreed fee, for a care recipient and an approved provider, means a fee, charge or other payment that is:
 (a) agreed between the care recipient and the approved provider; and
 (b) not prohibited under the Act.
authorised person of a care recipient means a person authorised to act on the care recipient's behalf.
available home care fees amount has the same meaning as in the Subsidy Principles 2014.
business costs, for an approved provider of home care:
 (a) means the costs of running a business that are not directly related to the provision of home care (for example, office rent, insurance and marketing); and
 (b) does not include the following:
 (i) the costs of the matters mentioned in paragraphs 19B(1)(b) and (d) (certain travel and package management);
 (ii) the costs of providing care or services through a subcontracting arrangement.
care management means the service specified in item 1 of the table in clause 1A of Schedule 3 to the Quality of Care Principles 2014.
care recipient portion has the meaning given by section 21CB.
ceasing home care provider has the meaning given by section 21D.
Commonwealth portion has the meaning given by section 21CA.
flexible care agreement means an agreement referred to in Division 4 of Part 3A.
home care account balance has the meaning given by section 48‑17 of the Act.
home care cessation day has the meaning given by section 21D.
home care fees has the meaning given by subsection 52D‑1(1) of the Act.
home care service cessation day has the meaning given by section 21JA.
home care setting has the meaning given by section 4 of the Subsidy Principles 2014.
implementation date care recipient portion has the meaning given by section 21BD.
implementation date Commonwealth portion has the meaning given by section 21BC.
implementation date unpaid fees, for an ongoing care recipient, means an amount of home care fees that was payable by the care recipient to the approved provider, but had not been paid, immediately before 1 September 2021.
implementation date unspent home care amount has the meaning given by section 21BB.
ongoing home care recipient: a care recipient who is being provided with home care by an approved provider through a home care service on 1 September 2021 is an ongoing home care recipient if the approved provider was providing home care to the care recipient through a home care service immediately before