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Social Security (Essential Medical Equipment Payment – Residences) Specification 2012

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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).

What it does

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.
It ensures people in institutional settings cannot claim the payment, even if they use medical equipment there.

Who is excluded The payment does not apply if you live in:

Residential aged care facilities
Hospitals or medical facilities
Rehabilitation centres
Prisons or detention centres (unless on parole)

Why it matters Before 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.

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Social Security (Essential Medical Equipment Payment – Residences) Specification 2012

Social Security Act 1991

I, 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.

Dated 21st March 2012

J Macklin

Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform

1 Name of Specification

This Specification is the Social Security (Essential Medical Equipment Payment – Residences) Specification 2012.

2 Commencement

This Specification commences on 18 June 2012.

3 Definition

In this Specification:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

4 EMEP Residences

Every 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.

Note: Schedule 1 Excluded Residences

A residence in which the person is in residential care for the purposes of the Act

Hospital or other medical facility

Residential rehabilitation centre

Gaol, 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

Detention Centre

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1 Social Security (Essential Medical Equipment Payment – Residences) Specification 2012

Social Security (Essential Medical Equipment Payment – Residences) Specification 2012

Social Security Act 1991

Dated 21st March 2012

J Macklin

Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister for Disability Reform

1 Name of Specification

This Specification is the Social Security (Essential Medical Equipment Payment – Residences) Specification 2012.

2 Commencement

This Specification commences on 18 June 2012.

3 Definition

In this Specification:

Act means the Social Security Act 1991.

4 EMEP Residences

Note: Schedule 1 Excluded Residences

A residence in which the person is in residential care for the purposes of the Act

Hospital or other medical facility

Residential rehabilitation centre

Gaol, 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

Detention Centre