{"id":"F2012L00695","name":"Social Security (Essential Medical Equipment Payment – Residences) Specification 2012","slug":"social-security-essential-medical-equipment-payment-residences-specification-2012","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":88936,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L00695-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Social Security (Essential Medical Equipment Payment – Residences) Specification 2012","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSocial Security (Essential Medical Equipment Payment – Residences) Specification 2012\n\nSocial Security Act 1991\n\nI, JENNY MACKLIN, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform, acting under paragraph 917C(3)(c) of the Social Security Act 1991 make this Specification.\n\nDated 21st March 2012\n\nJ Macklin\n\nMinister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform\n\n1 Name of Specification\n\nThis Specification is the Social Security (Essential Medical Equipment Payment – Residences) Specification 2012.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Specification commences on 18 June 2012.\n\n3 Definition\n\nIn this Specification:\n\nAct means the Social Security Act 1991.\n\n4 EMEP Residences\n\nEvery residence located in Australia that is not a private residence, but is a person’s home is a specified residence in respect of the person for the purposes of paragraphs 917C(1)(a) and (b) of the Act except where it is an excluded residence of a type specified in Schedule 1.\n\n> Note: Schedule 1 Excluded Residences\n\nA residence in which the person is in residential care for the purposes of the Act\n\nHospital or other medical facility\n\nResidential rehabilitation centre\n\nGaol, or any place in which a person may be lawfully detained while under sentence for conviction of an offence and not on release on parole or licence\n\nDetention Centre","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2600},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains its original narrow scope of defining eligible residences for the Essential Medical Equipment Payment, with no expansion beyond this specific administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections plus a short schedule with 5 exclusion categories","Single defined term (Act)","Simple legislative structure: general rule (s.4) with categorical exceptions (Schedule 1)","No nested conditions or complex cross-referencing"],"plain_english_summary":"This Specification determines which homes qualify for the **Essential Medical Equipment Payment (EMEP)**—a government payment that helps cover the electricity costs of running life-saving medical equipment at home (like oxygen machines or ventilators).\n\n**What it does**\n- It extends the payment to people living in **non-private residences** that are still their home—such as group homes, supported disability accommodation, or other shared living arrangements.\n- It ensures people in institutional settings **cannot** claim the payment, even if they use medical equipment there.\n\n**Who is excluded**\nThe payment does not apply if you live in:\n- Residential aged care facilities\n- Hospitals or medical facilities\n- Rehabilitation centres\n- Prisons or detention centres (unless on parole)\n\n**Why it matters**\nBefore this rule, it was unclear if people in supported accommodation could get the payment. This clarifies that they can, as long as it's their home and not an institution."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/social-security-essential-medical-equipment-payment-residences-specification-2012","history":"/api/acts/social-security-essential-medical-equipment-payment-residences-specification-2012/history","analysis":"/api/acts/social-security-essential-medical-equipment-payment-residences-specification-2012/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/social-security-essential-medical-equipment-payment-residences-specification-2012/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/social-security-essential-medical-equipment-payment-residences-specification-2012/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/social-security-essential-medical-equipment-payment-residences-specification-2012/documents"}}