Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00122:section:10:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00122
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 10 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 33471–36218

construing the objects, due regard must be had to:
 (a) the limited resources available to support services and programs under this Act; and
 (b) the need to consider equity and merit in accessing those resources.

Division 3—Overview of this Act

3‑1  General
 (1) This Act provides for the Commonwealth to give financial support:
 (a) through payment of *subsidies for the provision of *aged care; and
 (b) through payment of grants for other matters connected with the provision of aged care.
Subsidies are paid under Chapter 3 (but Chapters 2 and 4 are also relevant to subsidies), and grants are paid under Chapter 5.
 (2) *Subsidies are also paid under Chapter 3 of the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997.

3‑2  Preliminary matters relating to subsidies (Chapter 2)
  Before the Commonwealth can pay *subsidy to an approved provider of *aged care, a number of approvals and similar decisions may need to have been made under Chapter 2. These may relate to:
 (b) the *aged care service in question (for example, for residential care services and flexible care services the requirement that *places have been allocated in respect of the service); or
 (c) the recipient of aged care (for example, the requirement that the recipient has been approved as a recipient of the type of aged care that is provided).
Note: For the approval of providers of aged care, see Part 7A of the *Quality and Safety Commission Act.

3‑3  Subsidies
  A number of different kinds of *subsidy can be paid. They are paid for *aged care that has been provided. Eligibility for a subsidy depends on:
 (a) particular approvals and similar decisions having been made under Chapter 2; and
 (b) the circumstances in which the care is provided (for example, whether the care is provided in a residential care service that meets its *accreditation requirement).

3‑3A  Fees and payments
  Care recipients may be required to pay for, or contribute to, the costs of their care and accommodation. Fees and payments are dealt with in Chapter 3A of this Act, and in Divisions 57, 57A, 58 and 60 of the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997.

3‑4  Responsibilities of approved providers (Chapter 4)
  Approved providers have certain responsibilities under Chapter 4. These responsibilities relate to:
 (a) the quality of care they provide; and
 (b) user rights for the people to whom care is provided; and
 (c) accountability for the care that is provided, and the basic suitability of their *key personnel.
Failure to meet these responsibilities can lead to the imposition of sanctions on an approved provider under Part 7B of the *Quality and Safety Commission Act, which may affect amounts of *subsidy payable to the approved provider.

3‑5  Grants (Chapter 5)