Victorian Numbered Acts

ACCIDENT COMPENSATION AMENDMENT ACT 2010 (NO. 9 OF 2010) - SECT 52

    (1)     After section 99(16A) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 insert —

    "(16B)     Despite subsection (15), the Governor in Council may, by Order published in the Government Gazette, fix limits in respect of contributions to be made by a worker towards the cost of supported accommodation.

    (16C)     An Order made under subsection (16B)—

        (a)     may fix limits that vary according to the type of supported accommodation in which the worker is residing;

        (b)     takes effect on the date on which the Order is published in the Government Gazette or, if a later date is specified in the Order, on that later date.".

    (2)         In section 99(17) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 , for paragraph (c) substitute —

    "(c)     who then resides in supported accommodation—".

    (3)     After section 99(18) of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 insert —

    "(19)     In this section—

"supported accommodation" means—

        (a)     a residential facility in which residential care is provided under the Aged Care Act 1997 of the Commonwealth;

        (b)     a supported residential service within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Health Services Act 1988 ;

        (c)     a community residential unit within the meaning of section 3(1) of the Disability Act 2006 ;

        (d)     a group home or other residential facility approved by the Authority for the purposes of this section.".

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