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

Schedule 1 Amendment of the Aged Care Act 2024

Add:

343A Identity cards for approved needs assessors

(1) The System Governor must issue an identity card to an approved needs assessor.

Form of identity card

(2) The identity card must:

(a) satisfy the requirements prescribed by the rules; and

(b) contain a photograph that is no more than 5 years old of the approved needs assessor.

Identity card to be carried and produced in accordance with rules

(3) An approved needs assessor must carry and produce the identity card as prescribed by the rules.

Strict liability offence

(4) A person commits an offence of strict liability if:

(a) the person has been issued with an identity card under subsection (1); and

(b) the person ceases to be an approved needs assessor; and

(c) the person does not return the identity card to the System Governor within 14 days after ceasing to be an approved needs assessor.

Penalty: 1 penalty unit.

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if the identity card was lost or destroyed.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (5): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.