Legislation
Aged Care Act 1997 - Principles
This page provides links to the Principles made under the Aged Care Act 1997 and amendments to the Principles for the convenience of interested parties.
No. 112, 1997
Welcome to the Aged Care Act 1997
Please Note: This page provides links to the Principles made under the Aged Care Act 1997 and amendments to the Principles for the convenience of interested parties.Index to the Principles - Original versions and Amendments
Accountability Principles 1998
Accreditation Grant Principles 1998 REVOKED
Accreditation Grant Principles 1999
- Accreditation Grant Amendment Principles 2004 (No 1)
- Accreditation Grant Amendment Principles 2002 (No 1)
- Accreditation Grant Amendment Principles 2000 (No 1)
Advocacy Grant Principles 1997
Allocation Principles 1997
- Allocation Amendment Principles 2003 (No. 1)
- Allocation Amendment Principles 2001 (No. 2)
- Allocation Amendment Principles 2001 (No. 1)
- Allocation Amendment Principles 1999 (No. 2)
- Allocation Amendment Principles 1999 (No. 1)
- Allocation Amendment Principles (No. 1)1998
- Allocation Principles Amendment (No. 1)1997
Approval of Care Recipients Principles 1997
- Approval of Care Recipients Amendment Principles 2005 (No 2)
- Approval of Care Recipients Amendment Principles 2005 (No. 1)
- Approval of Care Recipients Amendment Principles 2002 (No 1)
Approved Provider Principles 1997
Certification Principles 1997
Classification Principles 1997
- Classification Amendment Principles 2005 (No. 1)
- Classification Amendment Principles 2005 (No. 2)
- Classification Amendment Principles 2004 (No 1)
- Classification Amendment Principles 2002 (No 1)
- Classification Amendment Principles 2001(No. 1)
- Classification Amendment Principles 1998(No. 1)
Committee Principles 1997
- Committee Amendment Principles 2004(No. 1)
- Committee Amendment Principles 2003(No. 1)
- Committee Amendment Principles 2000(No. 1)
- Committee Amendment Principles 1998(No. 1)
Community Care Grant Principles 1997
- Community Care Grant Amendment Principles 2000 (No 1)
- Community Care Grant Amendment Principles 1999 (No 1)
Community Care Subsidy Principles 1997
Community Visitors Grant Principles 1997
- Community Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2005 (No. 1)
- Community Visitors Grant Amendment Principles 2001 (No 1)
Extra Service Principles 1997
- Extra Services Amendment Principles 2005 (No. 1)
- Extra Service Amendment Principles 2000 (No. 1)
- Extra Service Amendment Principles 1999 (No. 2)
- Extra Service Amendment Principles 1999 (No. 1)
Flexible Care Subsidy Principles 1997
- Flexible Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2005 (No 2)
- Flexible Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2005 (No. 1)
- Flexible Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2002 (No 1)
- Flexible Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2001 (No. 1)
- Flexible Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 1998 (No. 1)
- Flexible Care Subsidy Principles Amendment 1997 (No. 1)
Information Principles 1997
- Information Amendment Principles 2003 (No. 1)
- Information Amendment Principles 2002 (No. 1)
- Information Amendment Principles 2000 (No. 1)
Quality of Care Principles 1997
Records Principles 1997
Residential Care Grant Principles 1997
- Residential Care Grant Amendment Principles 1999 (No. 2)
- Residential Care Grant Amendment Principles 1999 (No. 1)
Residential Care Subsidy Principles 1997
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2005 (No. 3)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2005 (No. 2)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2005 (No. 1) (Explanatory note)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2004 (No. 4)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2004 (No. 3)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2004 (No. 2)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2004 (No. 1)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2003 (No 1)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2001 (No 2)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2001 (No 1)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2000 (No 4)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2000 (No 3)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2000 (No 2)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 2000 (No 1)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 1999 (No 2)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 1999 (No 1)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles 1998 (No. 2)
- Residential Care Subsidy Amendment Principles (No. 1) 1998
- Residential Care Subsidy Principles Amendment (No. 1) 1997
Sanctions Principles 1997
User Rights Principles 1997
- User Rights Amendment Principles 2005 (No. 1)
- User Rights Amendment Principles 2004 (No.1)
- User Rights Amendment Principles 2003 (No.1)
- User Rights Amendment Principles 2001 (No 2)
- User Rights Amendment Principles 2001 (No 1)
- User Rights Amendment Principles 2000 (No 5)
- User Rights Amendment Principles 2000 (No 4)
- User Rights Amendment Principles 2000 (No 3)
- User Rights Amendment Principles 2000 (No 2)
- User Rights Amendment Principles 2000 (No 1)
- User Rights Amendment Principles 1999 (No 3)
- User Rights Amendment Principles 1999 (No 2)
- User Rights Amendment Principles 1999 (No. 1)
- User Rights Amendment Principles 1998 (No. 1)
- User Rights Principles Amendment (No. 1) 1997
- User Rights Principles Amendment (No. 2) 1997
- User Rights Principles Amendment (No. 3) 1997
- User Rights Principles Amendment (No. 4) 1997
- User Rights Principles Amendment (No. 5) 1997
- User Rights Principles Amendment (No. 6) 1997
- User Rights Principles Amendment (No. 7) 1997
Media releases
- Delivering More Aged Care Places For Eastern Melbourne
- $25 Million for accommodation for aged and disadvantaged
- Christmas message – remember to check in on your elderly relatives and neighbours
- 6,500 more aged care places for older Australians
- Boost for Home and Community Care in Western Australia
Program/Initiatives
- Better HealthCare Connections: Aged Care Multidisciplinary Care Coordination and Advisory Service Program
- Better Health Care Connections: Models for Short Term, More Intensive Health Care for Aged Care Recipients Program
- Encouraging Better Practice in Aged Care (EBPAC)
- Getting assistance from an SDAP Panel Member
- Service Development Assistance Panel Program Glossary
Publications
- 2012 National Aged Care Workforce Census and Survey – The Aged Care Workforce, 2012 – Final Report
- Australian Government Directory of Services for Older People 2012/13
- Living Longer. Living Better. Aged Care Reform Package (technical document)
- Living Longer. Living Better.
- Australian Government Response to the Productivity Commission's Caring for Older Australians Report

