Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104:section:187
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 187
Character Range: 320280–321846

187  Meaning of aged care digital platform
 (1) An aged care digital platform means an online enabled application, website or system operated to facilitate the delivery of services in the Commonwealth aged care system (whether funded aged care services or not), where:
 (a) the operator of the application, website or system acts as an intermediary for entities seeking to access those services who interact with entities providing the services via the application, website or system; and
 (b) any of the following requires, and processes, payments referable to that intermediary function:
 (i) the operator of the application, website or system;
 (ii) an associated entity (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) of the operator;
 (iii) a person contracted, whether directly or through one or more interposed entities, by the operator or an associated entity of the operator to process the payments.
 (2) An aged care digital platform also means an online enabled application, website or system that is prescribed by the rules.
 (3) An aged care digital platform does not include an online enabled application, website or system prescribed by the rules.
 (4) For the purposes of subsection (2) or (3), the rules may:
 (a) prescribe an online enabled application, website or system by name or by inclusion in a specified class or specified classes; or
 (b) prescribe an online enabled application, website or system in respect of all services in the Commonwealth aged care system, or in respect of specified services in the Commonwealth aged care system.