Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00140:clause:1_66:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008A00140
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 66 (pt 3/6)
Character Range: 26831–29536

legislative instrument.

 (8) If the information included in an application changes, the application is taken not to have been made under this section unless the transferor and the transferee give the Secretary written notice of the changes.

16‑15  Requests for further information

 (1) If the Secretary needs further information to determine the application, the Secretary may give to the transferor and the transferee a notice requesting that:
 (a) either the transferor or the transferee give the further information; or
 (b) the transferor and the transferee jointly give the further information;
within 28 days after receiving the notice.

 (2) The application is taken to be withdrawn if the further information is not given within the 28 days.

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).

16‑16  Consideration of applications

 (1) In considering whether the needs of the aged care community in the region for which the *places were allocated are best met by the transfer, the Secretary must consider each of the following matters:
 (a) whether the transfer would meet the objectives of the planning process set out in section 12‑2;
 (b) whether the transferor has made such significant progress towards being in a position to provide care, in respect of the places, that it would be contrary to the interests of the aged care community in the region not to permit the transfer;
 (c) whether the transferee is likely to be in a position to provide care in respect of the places within a short time after the transfer;
 (d) the standard of care, accommodation and other services proposed to be provided by the *aged care service in which the places would be included if the transfer were to occur;
 (e) the suitability of the transferee to provide the *aged care to which the places to be transferred relate;
 (f) the suitability of the premises proposed to be used to provide care through the aged care service in which the places would be included if the transfer were to occur;
 (g) if the places were allocated to meet the needs of *people with special needs—whether those needs would be met once the allocation of the places to be transferred took effect;
 (h) if the places were allocated to provide a particular type of aged care—whether that type of aged care would be provided once the allocation of the places to be transferred took effect;
 (i) if the transferee has been a provider of aged care—its conduct as such a provider, and its compliance with its responsibilities as such a provider and its obligations arising from the receipt of any payments from