Aged Care Act 2024

This Part applies in relation to the delivery of ongoing funded aged care services to an individual through the service group residential care in an approved residential care home if:

the individual has an ongoing classification level in effect for the service group; or

subject to rules made for the purposes of subsection 288(1), the services are delivered to the individual under a specialist aged care program.

The provisions of this Part do not apply in respect of the delivery of funded aged care services to an individual (other than under a specialist aged care program) if the individual is included in a class of individuals prescribed by the rules.

If the provisions of this Part do not apply in respect of the delivery of funded aged care services to a class of individuals because of subsection (2), the rules may prescribe requirements in relation to the following:

the entering of agreements for, and the charging, payment or use of, an accommodation bond for the delivery of those services;

the retention of, deduction of amounts from, transfer of, refund of, or payment of interest in relation to the refund of, an accommodation bond balance;

the entering of agreements for, and the charging or payment of, an accommodation charge for the delivery of those services;

the transfer of, or the payment of interest in relation to the refund of, an entry contribution balance.