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NATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1996 NO. 333

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1996 No. 333

Issued by Authority of the Minister for Family Services

National Health Regulations (Amendment)

Subsection 140(1) of the National Health Act 1953 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, prescribing all matters which by the Act are required or permitted to be prescribed.

Regulation 5 of the National Health Regulations provides that a nursing home specified in Schedule 5 is an Adjusted Fee Government Nursing Home for the purposes of section 4AAAA of the Act.

At the request of the relevant State Governments, most State Government Nursing Homes have previously been prescribed by regulation as Adjusted Fee Government Nursing Homes for the purposes of section 4AAAA of the Act. Adjusted Fee Government Nursing Homes receive funding on a similar basis to non-government nursing homes, except that the level of funding provided for infrastructure costs excludes provision for a return on investment. The funding they receive is greater than they received before becoming Adjusted Fee Government Nursing Homes.

This amendment prescribes a further four nursing homes in South Australia as Adjusted Fee Government Nursing Homes. These have been listed with the existing Adjusted Fee Government Nursing Homes in South Australia in Part 5 of Schedule 5 to the Regulations. Details of the amendment are contained in the Attachment.

The regulations commenced on 1 January 1997.

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