Allocation Amendment (People with Special Needs) Principles 2012¹

I, MARK BUTLER, Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, make these Principles under section 96‑1 of the Aged Care Act 1997.

Dated 28th June 2012 

MARK BUTLER

Minister for Mental Health and Ageing

1 Name of Principles

  These Principles are the Allocation Amendment (People with Special Needs) Principles 2012.

2 Commencement

  These Principles commence on 1 July 2012.

3 Amendment of Allocation Principles

  Schedule 1 amends the Allocation Principles 1997.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(section 3)

[1] Section 4.3, after definition of institutional care

insert

intersex people means people who by reason of physical, hormonal or genetic features are neither wholly male nor wholly female, irrespective of whether the person identifies as male or female or neither.

[2] Section 4.3, after definition of key personnel

Insert

LGBTI means lesbians, gay men, bisexual, transgender and intersex people (including people who are perceived or imputed to be, or have in the past lived as such).

[3] Section 4.3, after definition of State

Insert

transgender means people who identify, affirm or live as a gender other than that assigned in infancy.

[4] After section 4.4D

 insert

4.4E LGBTI

People who are LGBTI are specified.  

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.