Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AGED CARE ACT 1997 - SECT 8.6

             (1)  Each of the following is taken to have been approved under this Part as a provider of * aged care:

                     (a)  a State or Territory;

                     (b)  an * authority of a State or Territory;

                     (c)  a * local government authority.

The approval is taken to be in respect of all types of aged care.

             (2)  Subsection (1) ceases to apply in relation to a State, Territory, * authority of a State or Territory or * local government authority if the approval:

                     (a)  lapses under section 10-2; or

                     (b)  is revoked under section 10-3; or

                     (c)  is revoked or suspended under Part 4.4.

             (3)  If a State, Territory, * authority of a State or Territory or * local government authority to which subsection (1) has ceased to apply subsequently applies under section 8-2 for approval as a provider of * aged care, for the purposes of the application:

                     (a)  the applicant is taken to be a * corporation; and

                     (b)  if the applicant is a State or Territory--paragraphs 8-3A(a) and (b) do not apply.