Release of Second Package of Exposure Draft Subordinate Legislation for 1 July 2014

This Information was distributed on 15 April 2014.

As part of the ongoing process to implement the aged care reforms, a number of Principles made under the Aged Care Act 1997 (the Act) will be amended or created for commencement on 1 July 2014.

Following the first release of Exposure Drafts of Aged Care Principles, a second release of Exposure Drafts is now available for comment. They are the:

• Exposure Draft Allocation Principles 2014
• Exposure Draft Extra Service Principles 2014
• Exposure Draft Quality of Care Principles 2014, and
• Exposure Draft User Rights Principles 2014

Accompanying this release is an Overview document that provides a plain-English guide to the proposed changes to the Aged Care Principles that will take effect from 1 July 2014.

The instruments will be available on the Department of Social Services website for a period of three weeks each:

Comments on this second release are due by 05 May 2014.

Comments on the Exposure Drafts can be sent to: Agedcarelegislation@dss.gov.au.

Release of the remaining Exposure Drafts will be available for comment shortly.

Aged Care and Population Ageing Communications
Department of Social Services