Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AGED CARE (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1997 No. 114 of 1997 - SECT 50

(1) Subject to this section, if:

   (a)  a person began occupying a hostel place (within the meaning of the
        1954 Act) before the commencement day; and

   (b)  immediately before the commencement day, a classification was not in
        force in respect of the person for the purposes of Division 4 of Part
        III of the 1954 Act; for the purposes of such a classification,
        section 10F of the 1954 Act (including any instruments in force under
        section 10F immediately before the commencement day) continues to
        apply as if it had not been repealed.

(2) A classification for the purposes of Division 4 of Part III of the 1954
Act is taken to have been made in respect of the person if:

   (a)  the General Conditions under subsection 10F(1) of the 1954 Act require
        the organisation which provides hostel care services (within the
        meaning of the 1954 Act) in respect of the hostel place to take
        certain steps in order for the person to be classified for the
        purposes of Division 4 of Part III of the 1954 Act; and

   (b)  the organisation had not, as at the commencement day, taken all those
        steps; and

   (c)  the organisation takes those steps in respect of the person within 3
        months of the commencement day.