Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00074:reg:22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00074
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 22
Character Range: 80581–81762

22  Entry into home care agreement
 (1) For paragraph 61‑1(2)(a) of the Act, this section specifies requirements that a home care agreement between a care recipient and an approved provider must comply with in relation to the way in which, and the process by which, the agreement is entered into.
Note: If a care recipient, or a person proposing to receive care through a home care service, is unable to enter into a home care agreement, another person representing the care recipient or person may enter into the agreement on behalf of the care recipient or person (see section 96‑5 of the Act).
 (2) The approved provider must offer a home care agreement to the prospective care recipient before a date for the start of the provision of home care is agreed.
 (3) The care recipient must be informed of, and helped to understand, the terms of the home care agreement, in particular the terms about the following:
 (a) the care recipient's rights and responsibilities, including the rights mentioned in the "Charter of Aged Care Rights" set out in Schedule 1;
 (b) the services to be provided to the care recipient;
 (c) the fees and other charges to be paid under the agreement.