This instrument is the Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Multi-Purpose Services Subsidy Increase) Instrument 2024.

(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
1. The whole of this instrument.	1 April 2024	1 April 2024

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 the Aged Care Act 1997.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Aged Care (Subsidy, Fees and Payments) Determination 2014

1 Section 92

Omit “B is $140.53”, substitute “B is $156.55”.

2 Section 93

Omit “B is $140.53”, substitute “B is $156.55”.

3 Subsection 97 (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category A services
Item	Degree of isolation of the service	Number of places allocated in respect of the service	Amount ($)
1	Isolated Remote Area	less than 16	64.40
2	Isolated Remote Area	more than 15 but less than 30	39.60
3	Isolated Remote Area	more than 29	4.01
4	Remote Centre	less than 16	30.76
5	Remote Centre	more than 15 but less than 30	21.85
6	Remote Centre	more than 29	4.01
7	Rural Outside Large Centre	less than 16	12.95
8	Rural Outside Large Centre	more than 15 but less than 30	4.01
9	Rural Outside Large Centre	more than 29	4.01
10	An area not covered by items 1 to 9	not applicable	4.01

Note: Terms used in this table are defined in section 87.

4 Section 98 (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category B services
Item	Score	Amount ($)
1	40	4.01
2	50	4.48
3	60	12.95
4	70	21.85
5	80	30.76
6	90	39.60
7	100	64.40

5 Section 99 (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category C services
Item	Score	Amount ($)
1	50	9.67
2	55	14.49
3	60	21.68
4	65	26.49
5	70	38.65
6	75	48.14
7	80	60.16
8	85	72.30
9	90	84.31
10	95	93.93
11	100	105.99

6 Section 99A (table)

Repeal the table, substitute:

Viability supplement equivalent amounts—Category D services
Item	Score	Amount ($)
1	50	9.67
2	55	14.49
3	60	21.68
4	65	26.49
5	70	38.65
6	75	48.14
7	80	60.16
8	85	72.30
9	90	84.31
10	95	93.93
11	100	105.99