{"id":"C1974L00127","name":"National Health (Variation of Nursing Home Benefits) Regulations","slug":"national-health-variation-of-nursing-home-benefits-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"127 of 1974","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":24836,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1974L00127-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"National Health (Variation of Nursing Home Benefits) Regulations","content":"![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nStatutory Rules\n\n1974 No. 127\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953-1973.\\*\n\nI, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council hereby make the following Regulations under the National Health Act 1953-1973.\n\nDated this twenty-third day of July, 1974.\n\nJOHN R. KERR\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nW. G. HAYDEN\n\nMinister of State for Social Security.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nNATIONAL HEALTH (VARIATION OF NURSING HOME BENEFITS) REGULATIONS\n\nCitation.\n\n1\\. These Regulations may be cited as the National Health (Variation of Nursing Home Benefits) Regulations.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 August 1974.\n\nVariation of amounts in the Table or nursing home benefits in the Eighth Schedule to the National Health Act.\n\n3\\. The National Health Act 1953-1973 shall have effect as if the Table in the Eighth Schedule to that Act were varied—\n\n(a) by substituting the amount of $4.00 for the amount of $1.50 set out in item 1 in that Table;\n\n(b) by substituting the amount of $7.35 for the amount of $3.20 set out in item 2 in that Table;\n\n(c) by substituting the amount of $2.30 for the amount of $1.50 set out in item 3 in that Table;\n\n(d) by substituting the amount of $5.85 for the amount of $2.00 set out in item 4 in that Table;\n\n(e) by substituting the amount of $2.80 for the amount of $1.60 set out in item 5 in that Table;\n\n(f) by substituting the amount of $3.10 for the amount of $1.50 set out in item 6 in that Table;\n\n(g) by substituting the amount of $4.00 for the amount of $1.50 set out in item 7 in that Table; and\n\n(h) by substituting the amount of $5.85 for the amount of $2.00 set out in item 8 in that Table.\n\n\\*Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 30 July l974.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1548},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation precisely matches its stated purpose of varying nursing home benefit amounts, with no expansion beyond the original scope of updating payment rates."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 short sections with no legal conditions or procedural requirements","Simple arithmetic substitutions of dollar amounts with no exceptions","No defined terms, interpretation clauses, or nested logic","Single operational mechanism (substituting values in an existing table)"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation raises the daily Commonwealth payments for nursing home care by substituting higher benefit amounts for eight existing rates under the National Health Act. It affects government‑subsidised nursing home residents and the facilities that receive those payments.\n\nWhy it matters: it increases federal support for aged care, helping providers cover costs and easing out‑of‑pocket pressure on vulnerable residents and their families."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/national-health-variation-of-nursing-home-benefits-regulations","history":"/api/acts/national-health-variation-of-nursing-home-benefits-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/national-health-variation-of-nursing-home-benefits-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/national-health-variation-of-nursing-home-benefits-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/national-health-variation-of-nursing-home-benefits-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/national-health-variation-of-nursing-home-benefits-regulations/documents"}}