Obligation to make aged care payments for vacating non-owner residents
32Q Obligation to make aged care payments for vacating non-owner residents
A person liable to pay an exit entitlement or a part of an exit entitlement to a vacating non-owner resident must make aged care payments on behalf of the resident from the resident's exit entitlement or part if—
the resident has requested the payments be made under section 32S; and
the resident has been accepted into the aged care facility to which the payments are to be made; and
the payments are specified in the request under section 32S; and
liability to commence making the payments has arisen; and
payment of the resident's exit entitlement or part has not been made before liability to commence making the aged care payments arises; and
the requirement to make the payments has not ceased under section 32W.
Penalty: 60 penalty units for a natural person;
This Act’s bill:Second reading speech
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.