Aged Care Act 2024

The Commissioner must establish and maintain a register for the purposes of this Act, to be known as the Provider Register.

The Provider Register may be kept in any form that the Commissioner considers appropriate.

The Provider Register must include each of the following in relation to the registration of a registered provider:

the name of the provider;

the name of each responsible person of the provider;

the ABN of the provider;

the business location of the provider;

the registration period;

each provider registration category the provider is registered in;

the provider’s intended service types;

any specialist aged care program under which the provider delivers funded aged care services;

if the provider is registered in the residential care category—the name and address of each approved residential care home covered by the registration;

if the provider delivers funded aged care services in a home or community setting—each local government area in which the provider delivers those services;

the conditions (if any) to which the registration is subject under section 143;

whether the registration is in force or is suspended;

if the provider has given an undertaking under section 114 of the Regulatory Powers Act (as applied by section 458 of this Act)—information about the undertaking;

if a compliance notice has been given to the provider under section 481 or 482—information about the compliance notice;

if a banning order against the provider is in force under section 497—information about the banning order;

any other matter prescribed by the rules.

The Provider Register may include any of the following in relation to an entity who was a registered provider:

the name of the entity;

the entity’s ABN;

the address of the entity;

if the entity was a registered provider and the entity’s registration was revoked on the Commissioner’s own initiative—information about the revocation;

any other matter prescribed by the rules.

The Provider Register must include each of the following in relation to a responsible person, or an aged care worker, of a registered provider against whom a banning order is in force under section 498:

the name of the person or worker;

the person’s or worker’s ABN (if any);

information about the banning order;

any other matter prescribed by the rules.

The Provider Register may include each of the following in relation to a responsible person, or an aged care worker, of a registered provider against whom a banning order was in force under section 498:

the name of the person or worker;

the person’s or worker’s ABN (if any);

information about the banning order;

any other matter prescribed by the rules.

The Commissioner may publish on the Commission’s website:

the Provider Register, in whole or in part; or

any of the information entered on the Provider Register.

The rules may make provision for and in relation to the following:

the correction of entries in the Provider Register;

the publication of the Provider Register in whole or in part, or of specified information entered on the Provider Register;

certificates of registration, including procedures for issuing certificates of registration to registered providers;

any other matter relating to the administration or operation of the Provider Register.

The Provider Register is not a legislative instrument.