Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If a care recipient is being provided, or was provided, with * respite care or * non - respite care (the relevant kind of care ), the Secretary may assess the level of care needed by the care recipient, relative to the needs of other care recipients, for the following purposes:
(a) classifying (including reclassifying) the care recipient under this Part for the relevant kind of care;
(b) deciding whether to reclassify the care recipient under this Part for the relevant kind of care (see section 29D - 1);
(c) reconsidering, under section 85 - 4 or 85 - 5, a decision made under subsection 29C - 2(1), 29D - 1(1) or 29E - 1(1).
(2) The Classification Principles may specify:
(a) where the Secretary may or must make the assessment; and
(b) the procedures that the Secretary must follow in making the assessment.
(3) If the approval of a care recipient under Part 2.3 covers the provision of * respite care and the circumstances specified in the Classification Principles apply:
(a) an assessment of the care recipient's care needs made under section 22 - 4 for the purposes of the approval is taken to be an assessment of the level of care needed by the care recipient under this section; and
(b) the assessment is taken to have been made for the purposes of classifying (or reclassifying) the care recipient under this Part for respite care.