Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2020A00147:clause:1_3:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2020A00147
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 3 (pt 2/5)
Character Range: 5315–8205

or procedures that the Secretary must follow in determining the appropriate classification level for the care recipient.
 (4) In classifying the care recipient, the Secretary must take into account:
 (a) the assessment of the care needs of the care recipient mentioned in subsection (2); and
 (b) any other matters specified in the Classification Principles.

Notice of classification
 (5) The Secretary must notify the care recipient, and any approved provider that is providing care to the care recipient, of the following in writing:
 (a) whether the classification is for *respite care or *non‑respite care;
 (b) the classification of the care recipient;
 (c) the day the classification takes effect;
 (d) if the classification of the care recipient is a reclassification (see section 29D‑1)—that it is a reclassification.

When classification takes effect
 (6) The classification takes effect on the day specified in the Classification Principles.
 (7) For the purposes of subsection (6), the Classification Principles may specify a day before the classification was made, so long as the day is not before the commencement of this Part.
Note: Classifications under this Part have a limited effect—see section 29F‑1.

29C‑3  Secretary may assess care recipient
 (1) While a care recipient is being provided with *respite care or *non‑respite care (the relevant kind of care), the Secretary may assess the level of care needed by the care recipient, relative to the needs of other care recipients, for the following purposes:
 (a) classifying (including reclassifying) the care recipient under this Part for the relevant kind of care;
 (b) deciding whether to reclassify the care recipient under this Part for the relevant kind of care (see section 29D‑1).
 (2) The Classification Principles may specify procedures that the Secretary must follow in making the assessment.
 (3) If the approval of a care recipient under Part 2.3 covers the provision of *respite care and the circumstances specified in the Classification Principles apply:
 (a) an assessment of the care recipient's care needs made under section 22‑4 for the purposes of the approval is taken to be an assessment of the level of care needed by the care recipient under this section; and
 (b) the assessment is taken to have been made for the purposes of classifying (or reclassifying) the care recipient under this Part for respite care.

29C‑4  Care recipients may have classifications for both respite and non‑respite care
  A classification of a care recipient under this Part for *respite care, and a classification of the care recipient under this Part for *non‑respite care, may both be in effect at the same time.

29C‑5  Classification levels
 (1) The Classification Principles may set out the *classification levels for classifications of care recipients under this Part.
 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the