Version No. 002 Carers Recognition Act 2012 No. 10 of 2012 Version incorporating amendments as at 1 July 2013 The Parliament of Victoria enacts: 1 Purposes The main purposes of this Act are to— (a) recognise, promote and value the role of people in care relationships; and (b) recognise the different needs of persons in care relationships; and (c) support and recognise that care relationships bring benefits to the persons in the care relationship and to the community; and (d) enact care relationship principles to promote understanding of the significance of care relationships. 2 Commencement (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into operation on a day or days to be proclaimed. (2) If a provision of this Act does not come into operation before 1 July 2012, it comes into operation on that day. 3 Definitions In this Act— means the provision of ongoing support, care assistance or personal care to another person;
Version No. 002 Carers Recognition Act 2012 No. 10 of 2012 Version incorporating amendments as at 1 July 2013 The Parliament of Victoria enacts: 1 Purposes The main purposes of this Act are to— (a) recognise, promote and value the role of people in care relationships; and (b) recognise the different needs of persons in care relationships; and (c) support and recognise that care relationships bring benefits to the persons in the care relationship and to the community; and (d) enact care relationship principles to promote understanding of the significance of care relationships. 2 Commencement (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into operation on a day or days to be proclaimed. (2) If a provision of this Act does not come into operation before 1 July 2012, it comes into operation on that day. 3 Definitions In this Act— care means the provision of ongoing support, assistance or personal care to another person;
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