Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (45 of 2025)

Schedule 1   Amendment of the Aged Care Act 2024

Part 1   Amendments commencing immediately after the commencement of the Aged Care Act 2024

Aged Care Act 2024

129   Subsection 226E(1)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

Home care account

(1) A notional home care account is established for an individual at the transition time if:

(a) immediately before the transition time:

(i) the individual had a home care account under the old Act; and

(ii) the home care account balance of that account under the old Act was not zero; or

(b) at the transition time, a registered provider holds an unspent Commonwealth portion for the individual under section 226A.