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

Schedule 3   Amendments of other Acts

Social Security Act 1991

277   Subsections 11A(8A) and (8B)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

(8A) Subsection (8) does not apply in relation to a person if:

(a) that subsection did not apply in relation to the person immediately before the commencement of the Aged Care Act 2024; or

(b) a period of 28 consecutive days ends after that commencement in which the person:

(i) was not provided with residential care or flexible care through a residential care service or a flexible care service; and

(ii) did not access ongoing funded aged care services in an approved residential care home;

other than because the person was on leave.