AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

HEALTH COMMISSION (CHARGES) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

No. 22 of 1983

The Health Commission (Charges) Regulations (Amendment) amends various stated regulations to increase the daily charges for accommodation under those regulations by 45¢.

The specified regulations relate to charges prescribed for nursing home accommodation in nursing homes conducted by the Commission and nursing home type accommodation in hospitals conducted by the Commission.

The charges have been increased in line with increases in the Department of Social Security pension rates and will operate from the date of those increases, namely 3 November 1983.