Contents

1............ Short title [see Note 1]....................................................................... 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1].............................................................. 1

3............ Grants for home and community care services................................... 1

4............ Appropriation.................................................................................... 2

5............ Delegation........................................................................................... 2

Schedule                                                                                                                                         3

Notes                                                                                                         29

An Act relating to financial assistance to the States and to the Northern Territory in connection with the provision of home and community care services

Notes to the Home and Community Care Act 1985

Note 1

The Home and Community Care Act 1985 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 184, 1985 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

The Home and Community Care Act 1985 was modified by the A.C.T. Self‑Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (as amended) see Table A.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Home and Community Care Act 1985	184, 1985	16 Dec 1985	16 Dec 1985 (see  s. 2)
Community Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1988	155, 1988	26 Dec 1988	S. 41(1) (Schedule [Part 1]): Royal Assent (a)	--
Aged Care (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997	114, 1997	7 July 1997	Schedule 5 (item 29): (b)	--

(a)     The Home and Community Care Act 1985 was amended by the Schedule (Part 1) only of the Community Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1988, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(b)    Subsection 2(1) of the Aged Care (Consequential Provisions) Act 1997 provides as follows:

                 (1)   Subject to this section, this Act commences immediately after the commencement of the Aged Care Act 1997 (other than Division 1 of that Act).

         The Aged Care Act 1997 other than Division 1 commenced on 1 October 1997.

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
S. 5......................................	am. No. 155, 1988
Schedule.............................	am. No. 114, 1997

Table A

Modifications

A.C.T. Self‑Government (Consequential Provisions) Regulations

Subsection 3(4)

After "includes" insert "the Australian Capital Territory and".

Schedule

After "Department" (first occurring) in clause 34 insert ", or in the case of the Australian Capital Territory, the administrative unit of the public service referred to in section 54 of the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988,".