Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AGED CARE AMENDMENT (IMPLEMENTING CARE REFORM) ACT 2022 (NO. 47, 2022) - SCHEDULE 3

Aged Care Act 1997

1  In the appropriate position in Division 86

Insert:

86-10   Information about aged care services that must be made publicly available

             (1)  The Secretary must, in accordance with the Information Principles, make publicly available information in relation to * aged care services.

             (2)  Without limiting subsection (1), the Information Principles may provide for any or all of the following:

                     (a)  information about the * aged care provided through an * aged care service, or a specified class of aged care services, that must be made publicly available ;

                     (b)  information about the approved provider of an aged care service, or a specified class of approved providers of aged care services, that must be made publicly available ;

                     (c)  the way in which specified information, or a specified class of information, must be made publicly available ;

                     (d)  the period within which specified information, or a specified class of information, must be made publicly available .

             (3)  Information made publicly available under subsection (1) must not include * personal information about an individual (other than an individual who is one of the * key personnel of an approved provider).

2  Application provision

Section 86-10 of the Aged Care Act 1997 , as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to information whether the information was acquired or created before, on or after the commencement of this item.