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HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1991 No. 211 of 1991 - SECT 6

6. Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by adding at the end of the definition of "eligible person" in subsection
(1) the following word and paragraph: "; and (d) an aged or disabled person
who:

        (i)    is assessed as requiring community aged care services; and

        (ii)   is not living in:

                (A)  a hostel; or

                (B)  a hospital; or

                (C)  a nursing home within the meaning of the National  Health
                     Act 1953 or the Nursing Homes Assistance Act 1974; or

                (D)  an institution carried on exclusively or primarily for
                     the treatment of mentally ill or mentally defective
                     persons, being an institution conducted by, or in receipt
                     of a grant for maintenance from, a State; or

                (E)  premises the maintenance expenditure of which is provided
                     for under an arrangement entered into under the
                     Tuberculosis Act 1948;";

   (b)  by omitting from subsection (1) the definition of "relevant period"
        and substituting the following definition:

"relevant period" means:

   (a)  for the purposes of Parts II and III, the period of 12 months
        beginning on 1 July 1989 or on 1 July of any subsequent year; and

   (b)  for the purposes of Part IIIA:

        (i)    the period of 6 months beginning on 1 January 1992; or

        (ii)   the period of 12 months beginning on 1 July 1992 or on 1 July
               of any subsequent year;";

   (c)  by inserting in subsection (1) the following definitions:

"approved operator" means an organisation in relation to which an approval
under section 10AB is in force;

"approved provider" means an organisation in relation to which an approval
under section 10GC is in force;

"community aged care services" means care services that:

   (a)  are provided to maintain a person in his or her own home; and

   (b)  are of a kind in relation to which an approval under section 10GA is
        in force;

"Community Aged Care Services General Conditions" means the conditions
formulated under section 10GI;

"community aged care services package" means the combination of community aged
care services that are to be provided to an eligible person by an
organisation;

"organisation" means a person or a group of individuals;".