Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00122:section:5:p52
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00122
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 52/54)
Character Range: 168354–171238

for the suspension to be lifted, the Secretary must have regard to any matters specified in the Classification Principles.

25‑4D  Requests for further information
 (1) If the Secretary needs further information to decide the application, the Secretary may give the applicant a written notice requiring the applicant to give the further information within 28 days after receiving the notice, or within such shorter period as is specified in the notice.
 (2) The application is taken to be withdrawn if the applicant does not give the further information within the 28 days, or within the shorter period. However, this does not stop the applicant from reapplying.
Note: The period for giving the further information can be extended—see section 96‑7.
 (3) The notice must contain a statement setting out the effect of subsection (2).

25‑4E  Notification of Secretary's decision
 (1) The Secretary must notify the approved provider, in writing, of the Secretary's decision whether to lift the suspension. The notice must be given:
 (a) within 28 days after receiving the application; or
 (b) if the Secretary has requested further information under section 25‑4D—within 28 days after receiving the information.
 (2) If the Secretary decides that the suspension is to be lifted, the notice must:
 (a) inform the approved provider when the suspension will cease to apply; and
 (b) set out any other matters specified in the Classification Principles.

25‑5  Authorisation of another person to make appraisals or reappraisals
 (1) If the Secretary suspends an approved provider from making appraisals and reappraisals, the Secretary may, in writing, authorise another person to make appraisals or reappraisals of care recipients to whom the approved provider provides care.
 (2) The Secretary must inform the approved provider, in writing, of the name of the person who has been authorised to make appraisals or reappraisals of care recipients to whom the approved provider provides care.

Division 26—When do classifications take effect?

26‑1  Appraisals received within the appropriate period—care other than respite care
  A classification of a care recipient under this Part (other than a classification in relation to care provided as *respite care) is taken to have had effect from the day on which the approved provider began providing care to the care recipient, if the appraisal by that approved provider is received by the Secretary:
 (a) within the period specified in the Classification Principles; or
 (b) if no such period is so specified—within 2 months after the day on which provision of the care to the care recipient began.

26‑2  Appraisals not received within the appropriate period—care other than respite care
 (1) A classification of a care recipient under this Part (other than a classification in relation to care provided as *respite care) takes effect from the