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Aged Care Legislation Amendment (March Indexation) Instrument 2024

I, Anika Wells, Minister for Aged Care, make the following instrument.

Dated 15 March 2024   

Anika Wells

Minister for Aged Care

 

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) (Subsidy and Other Measures) Determination 2014

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles 2014

 

1  Name

  This instrument is the Aged Care Legislation Amendment (March Indexation) Instrument 2024.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provisions

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  The whole of this instrument

20 March 2024.

20 March 2024.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the following Acts:

   (a) the Aged Care Act 1997

   (a) the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014

1  Amendments of listed provisions—indexation of amounts

The provisions listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

 

Amendments relating to indexation of amounts

Item

Provision

Omit

Substitute

1

Subsection 64J(1)

$66.94

$68.14

2

Subsection 64J(2)

$43.65

$44.43

3

Subsection 64J(3)

$36.67

$37.33

4

Section 64ZL

$32,718.57

$33,309.29

5

Section 64ZM

$78,524.69

$79,942.44

6

Paragraph 64ZN(a)

$197,735.20

$201,231.20

7

Paragraph 64ZN(b)

$476,205.60

$484,693.60

8

Section 64ZO

$197,735.20

$201,231.20

9

Section 64ZT

$11.04

$11.24

10

Subsection 78(1)

$17.97

$18.30

11

Subsection 78(2)

$35.95

$36.60

12

Paragraph 79(a)

$47,668.40

$48,432.80

13

Paragraph 79(b)

$61,708.40

$62,727.60

14

Paragraph 79(c)

$62,332.40

$63,351.60

15

Subsection 80(2)

$6,543.66

$6,661.80

16

Subsection 80(3)

$13,087.39

$13,323.68

17

Subsection 80(4)

(wherever occurring)

$6,543.66

 

$6,661.80

18

Section 81

$78,524.69

$79,942.44

19

Paragraph 107A(a)

$11.22

$11.43

20

Paragraph 107A(b)

$11.87

$12.08

21

Paragraph 107A(c)

$12.20

$12.42

22

Paragraph 107A(d)

$12.53

$12.75

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) (Subsidy and Other Measures) Determination 2014

2  Amendments of listed provisions—indexation of amounts

The provisions listed in the following table are amended as set out in the table.

Amendments relating to indexation of amounts of supplements

Item

Provision

Omit

Substitute

1

Subsection  82(1)

$66.94

$68.14

2

Subsection  82(2)

$43.65

$44.43

3

Subsection  82(3)

$36.67

$37.33

4

Subsection 91F(2), table item 1

$9.98

$10.16

5

Subsection 91F(2), table item 2

$6.65

$6.77

6

Subsection 91F(2), table item 3

$3.33

$3.39

7

Section 91H

$9.98

$10.16

8

Section 91R

$11.04

$11.24

Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Principles 2014

3  Subsection 118(1) (after table item 32)

Insert:

33

on or after 20 March 2024 and before 20 September 2024

$24.14

4  Subsection 118(2) (after table item 32)

Insert:

33

on or after 20 March 2024 and before 20 September 2024

$44.43

5  Subsection 118(3) (after table item 28)

Insert:

29

on or after 20 March 2024 and before 20 September 2024

$44.43

6  Subsection 118(4) (after table item 32)

Insert:

33

on or after 20 March 2024 and before 20 September 2024

$37.33