Aged Care Restrictive Practices Substitute Decision-Maker Regulations 2025

The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe forms for the purposes of the Aged Care Restrictive Practices Substitute Decision-maker Act 2024.

These Regulations are made under section 21 of the Aged Care Restrictive Practices Substitute Decision-maker Act 2024.

These Regulations come into operation on 10 September 2025.

In these Regulations—

the Act means the Aged Care Restrictive Practices Substitute Decision-maker Act 2024.

For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, a nomination of a restrictive practices nominee may be in the form set out in Form 1 of Schedule 1.

For the purposes of section 6 of the Act, a revocation of a nomination of a restrictive practices nominee may be in the form set out in Form 2 of Schedule 1.

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The Aged Care Restrictive Practices Substitute Decision-maker Regulations 2025, S.R. No. 86/2025 were made on 2 September 2025 by the Governor in Council under section 21 of the Aged Care Restrictive Practices Substitute Decision-maker Act 2024, No. 49/2024 and came into operation on 10 September 2025: regulation 3.

The Aged Care Restrictive Practices Substitute Decision-maker Regulations 2025 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 2 September 2035 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).

INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)

Style changes

Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.

References to ILA s. 39B

Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.

Interpretation

As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:

• Headings

All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after

1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.

This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.

See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).

• Examples, diagrams or notes

All examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).

• Punctuation

All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after

1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.

See section 36(3B).

• Provision numbers

All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after

1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).

• Location of "legislative items"

A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.

• Other material

Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).

There are no amendments made to the Aged Care Restrictive Practices Substitute Decision-maker Regulations 2025 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.

No entries at date of publication.