Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better)Act 2013 (76 of 2013)

Schedule 1   Amendments commencing on 1 August 2013

Part 1   Amendments

Aged Care Act 1997

48   Subsections39-3(1) and (2)

Repeal the subsections, substitute:

(1) If:

(a) the Secretary is satisfied that an approved provider's residential care service has ceased to be suitable for *certification; or

(b) the Secretary is satisfied that the approved provider's application for certification of the service contained information that was false or misleading in a material particular;

the Secretary must notify the approved provider that the Secretary is considering revoking the certification.

Note: Certification may also be revoked as a sanction under Part 4.4.

(2) The notice must be in writing and must:

(a) include the Secretary's reasons for considering the revocation; and

(b) invite the approved provider to make submissions, in writing, to the Secretary within 28 days after receiving the notice; and

(c) inform the approved provider that if no submission is made within that period, any revocation will take effect on the day after the last day for making submissions.