{"id":"F2026L00135","name":"Aged Care (Allocation of Multi-Purpose Service Program Places for 2025-2026) Determination 2026","slug":"aged-care-allocation-of-multi-purpose-service-program-places-for-2025-2026-determination-2026","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443147,"registerId":"F2026L00135-fast-fetch-1775958061810","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Aged Care (Allocation of Multi-Purpose Service Program Places for 2025-2026) Determination 2026","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nAged Care (Allocation of Multi-Purpose Service Program Places for 2025-2026) Determination 2026\n\nI, Sam Rae, Minister for Aged Care and Seniors, make the following determination.\n\nDated      12 February 2026  \n\nThe Hon Sam Rae MP \n\nMinister for Aged Care and Seniors\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Number of places available for allocation in 2025-2026\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Aged Care (Allocation of Multi-Purpose Service Program Places for 2025-2026) Determination 2026.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 94(1) of the Aged Care Act 2024.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 7 of the Act, including the following:\n\n(a) entity \n\n(b) Multi-Purpose Service Program\n\n(c) residential care home\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Aged Care Act 2024.\n\nfinancial year means the 2025-2026 financial year commencing on 1 July 2025 and ending on 30 June 2026.\n\n5  Number of places available for allocation in 2025-2026\n\n1.                 For the purposes of subparagraph 94(1)(b)(i), of the Act, the number of places available to be allocated to entities for delivering funded aged care services through the service group residential care under the Multi-Purpose Service Program in the 2025-2026 financial year is 100 places.\n2.                 For the purposes of subparagraph 94(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, all 100 places under subsection (1) are for a residential care home.\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the statutory scope of the Multi‑Purpose Service Program; it specifies the number (100) of residential care places available for allocation in 2025–26 (instrument s5) and is made under the Aged Care Act 2024 authority (instrument s3). It does not alter definitions, eligibility criteria, or allocation procedures in the Act — it only sets a numeric cap for that financial year."},"complexity_factors":["Single, concrete operative rule: a fixed numeric allocation (instrument s5) makes the core action simple.","Clear commencement and authority clauses (ss2–3) reduce legal uncertainty about timing and power.","Relies on defined terms in the Aged Care Act 2024 (instrument s4), requiring cross-reference to primary legislation for full meaning.","No procedural detail about how allocations will be made or administered (s5), leaving implementation discretion to the Act's allocation framework and responsible decision‑makers.","Limited compliance burden in the instrument itself (it specifies quantity, not regulatory obligations), but administrative processes and funding implementation sit outside the instrument."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination fixes the number of Multi‑Purpose Service (MPS) residential care places available for the 2025–26 financial year at 100 places. It applies to entities which may be allocated those funded residential aged‑care places under the MPS. Mechanically, it creates a numeric cap for allocation decisions under the Aged Care Act 2024, limiting how many funded residential MPS places can be awarded to providers in that year and thereby shaping administrative allocation and provider entry."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains its original narrow, technical purpose: setting the annual place allocation for a specific aged care program. It has not expanded beyond this statutory function."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (5 sections, approximately 1 page)","Only 2 defined terms in the instrument itself ('Act' and 'financial year')","References to 3 defined terms in the parent Act (entity, Multi-Purpose Service Program, residential care home)","Single operational provision (section 5) with straightforward numerical allocation","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Minimal cross-referencing (only to section 94(1) of the Aged Care Act 2024)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument allocates 100 residential aged‑care places to the Multi‑Purpose Service Program for the 2025–26 financial year.  \n\nIt determines how many new government‑funded residential care spots are available to providers and directly affects access to residential care in the regional and remote communities served by the Program."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/aged-care-allocation-of-multi-purpose-service-program-places-for-2025-2026-determination-2026","history":"/api/acts/aged-care-allocation-of-multi-purpose-service-program-places-for-2025-2026-determination-2026/history","analysis":"/api/acts/aged-care-allocation-of-multi-purpose-service-program-places-for-2025-2026-determination-2026/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/aged-care-allocation-of-multi-purpose-service-program-places-for-2025-2026-determination-2026/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/aged-care-allocation-of-multi-purpose-service-program-places-for-2025-2026-determination-2026/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/aged-care-allocation-of-multi-purpose-service-program-places-for-2025-2026-determination-2026/documents"}}