Aged Care (Allocation of Multi-Purpose Service Program Places for 2026-2027) Determination 2026
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Aged Care (Allocation of Multi-Purpose Service Program Places for 2026-2027) Determination 2026
I, Sam Rae, Minister for Aged Care and Seniors, make the following determination.
Dated 12 February 2026
The Hon Sam Rae MP
Minister for Aged Care and Seniors
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Number of places available for allocation in 2026-2027.....................1
1 Name
This instrument is the Aged Care (Allocation of Multi-Purpose Service Program Places for 2026-2027) Determination 2026.
2 Commencement
(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.
- Commencement information
- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
- Provisions Commencement Date/Details
- The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.
(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.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under subsection 94(1) of the Aged Care Act 2024.
4 Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 7 of the Act, including the following:
(a) entity
(b) Multi-Purpose Service Program
(c) residential care home
In this instrument:
Act means the Aged Care Act 2024.
financial year means the 2026-2027 financial year commencing on 1 July 2026 and ending on 30 June 2027.
5 Number of places available for allocation in 2026-2027
- 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 2026-2027 financial year is 100 places.
- For the purposes of subparagraph 94(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, all 100 places under subsection (1) are for a residential care home.