Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CARERS RECOGNITION ACT 2021 - NOTES

(see s 3)

Note 1     The Legislation Act

contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act.

Note 2     For example, the Legislation Act

, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

              •     administrative unit

              •     domestic partner (see s 169 (1))

              •     entity

              •     Executive

              •     Minister (see s 162)

              •     parent

              •     public sector member

              •     public service

              •     territory instrumentality

              •     territory law

              •     the Territory.

"care" means ongoing support, assistance or personal care.

"care and carer support agency"—see section 7.

"care relationship"—see section 6.

"care relationship principles" means the principles set out in part 3.

"carer"—see section 6 (1).

"child"—see the Children and Young People Act 2008

, section 11.

"funded support agency "means an entity that is—

        (a)     funded by a public sector support agency; and

        (b)     responsible for providing a support service or program that directly impacts on people in care relationships.

"personal care" means—

        (a)     assistance with 1 or more of the following:

              (i)     bathing, showering or personal hygiene;

              (ii)     toileting;

              (iii)     dressing or undressing;

              (iv)     eating meals;

              (v)     communicating; or

        (b)     for a person with mobility problems—physical assistance; or

        (c)     assistance for people who are mobile but require some form of supervision or assistance; or

        (d)     assistance or supervision in administering medicine; or

        (e)     the provision of substantial emotional support.

    "public sector entity" means the following:

(a)     the public service;

(b)     an entity that employs public sector members that is—

              (i)     owned or operated by the Territory; or

              (ii)     a territory instrumentality;

(c)     an entity prescribed by regulation.

Examples

1     Canberra Health Services

2     Transport Canberra

"public sector support agency "means a public sector entity that is responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery, management and review of support services, programs or policies in relation to people in care relationships.

"secondary funded support agency" means an entity contracted or funded by a funded support agency to provide a support service or program for which the funded support agency has responsibility.

"young person"—see the Children and Young People Act 2008

, section 12.

Endnotes

1     About the endnotes

Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel's Office.

Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.

If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.

The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2     Abbreviation key

A = Act	NI = Notifiable instrument
AF = Approved form	o = order
am = amended	om = omitted/repealed
amdt = amendment	ord = ordinance
AR = Assembly resolution	orig = original
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph
CN = Commencement notice	pres = present
def = definition	prev = previous
DI = Disallowable instrument	(prev...) = previously
dict = dictionary	pt = part
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative	r = rule/subrule
Assembly	reloc = relocated
div = division	renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired	R[X] = Republication No
Gaz = gazette	RI = reissue
hdg = heading	s = section/subsection
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	sch = schedule
ins = inserted/added	sdiv = subdivision
LA = Legislation Act 2001	SL = Subordinate law
LR = legislation register	sub = substituted
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	underlining = whole or part not commenced
mod = modified/modification	or to be expired

3     Legislation history

Carers Recognition Act 2021 A2021-34

notified LR 10 December 2021

s 1, s 2 commenced 10 December 2021 (LA s 75 (1))

s 16 commenced 10 December 2021 (s 2 (2))

remainder commenced 10 June 2022 (s 2 (1) and LA s 79)

4     Amendment history

Commencement
s 2     om LA s 89 (4)

Review of Act
s 15     exp 10 June 2028 (s 15 (2))

New Carers Recognition Regulation
s 16     exp 10 June 2022 (s 16 (3))

New Carers Recognition Regulation
sch 1     exp 10 June 2022 (s 16 (3))

© Australian Capital Territory 2022

Australian Capital Territory

A2021-34

Republication No 1

Effective: 10 June 2022

Republication date: 10 June 2022

Act not amended

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Carers Recognition Act 2021

(including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 10 June 2022

. It also includes any commencement, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law.

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

The Parliamentary Counsel's Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au

):

              • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001

applies

              • unauthorised republications.

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001

, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au

). For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.

Modifications

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001

, section 95.

Penalties

At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001

, s 133).

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