This instrument is the Aged Care Amendment (Motor Neurone Disease Priority) Rules 2026.

(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	The day after this instrument is registered.	6 June 2026

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 2024.

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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 Rules 2025

1 Subsection 87‑5(2) (at the end of the table)

Add:

The individual had motor neurone disease at the time the individual’s most recent aged care needs assessment was undertaken

2 At the end of the instrument

Add:

Chapter 15—Transitional provisions

Part 1A—Aged Care Amendment (Motor Neurone Disease Priority) Rules 2026

610‑1A Priority categories and eligibility criteria for classification type ongoing for the service group home support

Section 87‑5 of this instrument, as amended by item 1 of Schedule 1 to the Aged Care Amendment (Motor Neurone Disease Priority) Rules 2026, applies on or after 1 November 2025.