Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Health Acts Amendment Act 1981 No. 118 of 1981 - SECT 57

57. Section 43A of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(3) Before furnishing to the Permanent Head under sub-section (1) a copy of
accounts prepared with respect to a nursing home, the proprietor of the
nursing home shall cause a person having the prescribed qualifications to
audit those accounts and to report whether, in his opinion, the accounts were
properly drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of-

   (a)  the financial affairs of the nursing home as at the end of the period
        to which the accounts relate; and

   (b)  the income and expenditure of the nursing home for the period to which
        the accounts relate.''; and

   (b)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

''(5) In this section, 'accounts' includes a balance sheet and such other
statements as are prescribed.''.