Aged Care (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2024 (109 of 2024)

4   References to the Aged Care Act 1997 etc.

 

(1) Subsection (2) applies if, after the commencement of the Aged Care Act 2024, another Act refers to any of the following:

(a) the Aged Care Act 1997;

(b) a provision of that Act;

(c) the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018;

(d) a provision of that Act;

(e) the Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997;

(f) a provision of that Act.

      

(2) The reference is taken, after that commencement, to be a reference to the following (as the case requires):

(a) the Aged Care Act 2024;

(b) an equivalent, or nearly equivalent, provision of that Act.

      

(3) Subsection (2) is subject to a contrary intention.

      

(4) Subsection (5) applies if, after the commencement of the Aged Care Act 2024, another Act refers to:

(a) Principles made under section 96-1 of the Aged Care Act 1997; or

(b) a provision of those Principles.

      

(5) The reference is taken, after that commencement, to be a reference to the following (as the case requires):

(a) the rules within the meaning of the Aged Care Act 2024;

(b) an equivalent, or nearly equivalent, provision of those rules.

      

(6) Subsection (5) is subject to a contrary intention.