INSTRUMENT TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF PLACES

AVAILABLE FOR ALLOCATION IN 2012-13

 

AGED CARE ACT 1997

 

Determination under subsection 12-3(1)

 

I, MARK BUTLER, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, acting under subsection 12-3(1) of the Aged Care Act 1997, DETERMINE that the number of places, by care type, available for allocation in each state and territory in the 2012-13 financial year as set out in the following table:

 

(A) Aged care places available for allocation in each state or territory

 

State or territory

Residential

Home Care

 

 

 

New South Wales

1,728

2,150**

Victoria

2,368*

1,626

Queensland

2,243

1,300

Western Australia

1,413

80

South Australia

185

506

Tasmania

275

150

Australian Capital Territory

122

0

Northern Territory

87

28

 

 

 

Total

8,421

5,840

 

     * Includes 80 residential places deferred from the 2011 Aged Care Approvals Round

     ** Includes 5 home care packages deferred from the 2011 Aged Care Approvals Round

 

 

(B) Aged care places available for allocation in any state or territory

 

Residential

Flexible

75

395

 

 

 

 

Dated   30th………………   day of    October……………...………...…    2012

 

 

 

MARK BUTLER

Minister for Mental Health and Ageing