{"id":"C2004A04694","name":"Nursing Home Charge (Imposition) Act 1994","slug":"nursing-home-charge-imposition-act-1994","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"18 of 1994","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":38546,"registerId":"commonwealth-C2004A04694-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Nursing Home Charge (Imposition) Act 1994","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nNursing Home Charge (Imposition)  Act 1994\n\nNo. 18 of 1994\n\n \n\nAn Act to impose the nursing home charge payable under  Part VD of the National Health Act 1953\n\n[Assented to 10 February 1994]\n\nThe Parliament of Australia enacts:\n\nShort title\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Nursing Home Charge (Imposition) Act 1994.\n\nCommencement\n\n2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\n\nImposition\n\n3. The nursing home charge that is payable under Division 2A of Part VD of the National Health Act 1953 is imposed by this section.\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n[Minister’s second reading speech made in—\n\nHouse of Representatives on 28 September 1993\n\nSenate on 26 October 1993]\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2333},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains precisely focused on its original purpose of imposing the nursing home charge under the National Health Act 1953. There is no evidence of scope expansion or mission creep in this concise text."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections (short title, commencement, and imposition)","No definitions or interpretation provisions","Single substantive provision that simply references another Act (National Health Act 1953)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements within the Act itself"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does**\n\nThis Act legally establishes (imposes) a charge that people must pay for nursing home accommodation and care. It is a short \"machinery\" law that works alongside the *National Health Act 1953*, which contains the detailed rules about who pays the charge, how much they pay, and when payments are due.\n\n**Why this type of law exists**\n\nUnder Australia's Constitution, the Commonwealth needs specific authority to impose any charge or tax. This Act satisfies that constitutional requirement by formally \"imposing\" the nursing home charge, giving the government legal authority to collect these fees from residents.\n\n**Who it affects**\n\nThis legislation affects people living in nursing homes (now known as residential aged care) and their families, as it underpins the legal basis for the fees they contribute toward their care and accommodation costs."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/nursing-home-charge-imposition-act-1994","history":"/api/acts/nursing-home-charge-imposition-act-1994/history","analysis":"/api/acts/nursing-home-charge-imposition-act-1994/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/nursing-home-charge-imposition-act-1994/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/nursing-home-charge-imposition-act-1994/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/nursing-home-charge-imposition-act-1994/documents"}}