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

227   Subsection 320(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) the System Governor must determine that the individual has means not disclosed status if the individual is asked to provide specified information prescribed by the rules within a specified period prescribed by the rules to assist the System Governor to determine the individual's daily means tested amount, and the individual fails to do so.

(2A) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) the System Governor may determine that the individual has means not disclosed status if:

(a) the individual's income determination (if any) has been revoked under section 324 and a new income determination has not been made for the individual; or

(b) the individual's asset determination (if any) has been revoked under section 331 and a new asset determination has not been made for the individual.