Victorian Current Acts

DISABILITY ACT 2006 - SECT 130

    (1)     A community visitor is entitled when visiting a disability service provider providing a residential service to—

        (a)     inspect any part of the premises in which the residential service is being provided;

        (b)     see any resident;

        (c)     make enquiries relating to the provision of services to the residents;

        (d)     inspect any document relating to any resident which is not a medical record and any records required to be kept by or under this Act;

        (e)     inspect any medical record relating to a resident with the consent of the resident or the resident's guardian.

S. 130(2) substituted by No. 19/2019 s. 54.

    (2)     A community visitor may perform or exercise the functions and powers specified in subsection (3) when visiting the following dwellings—

S. 130(2)(a) amended by No. 9/2023 s. 92(1).

        (a)     an SDA dwelling provided under an SDA residency agreement;

S. 130(2)(b) amended by No. 9/2023 s. 92(2).

        (b)     a short-term accommodation dwelling.

S. 130(3) substituted by No. 19/2019 s. 54.

    (3)     For the purposes of subsection (2), the following functions and powers are specified—

S. 130(3)(a) amended by No. 9/2023 s. 37(1)(a).

        (a)     inspect any part of the dwelling in which the NDIS participant, DSOA client or SDA resident is living;

S. 130(3)(b) amended by No. 9/2023 s. 37(1)(a).

        (b)     see any NDIS participant, DSOA client or SDA resident who is living in the dwelling;

S. 130(3)(c) amended by No. 9/2023 s. 37(1)(a).

        (c)     make enquiries relating to the provision of services to any NDIS participant, DSOA client or SDA resident who is living in the dwelling;

S. 130(3)(d) amended by No. 9/2023 ss 37(1)(a), 92(3).

        (d)     inspect any document relating to any NDIS participant, DSOA client or SDA resident who is living in the dwelling, other than the medical records of the person, including documents required to be kept by a registered NDIS provider or a disability service provider that is providing services at the SDA dwelling or short-term accommodation dwelling under this Act, the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 , the NDIS Act or any regulations, rules or instruments made under the NDIS Act;

S. 130(3)(e) amended by No. 9/2023 s. 37(1)(b).

        (e)     inspect any medical record of an NDIS participant, a DSOA client or an SDA resident who is living in the dwelling with the consent of the NDIS participant, the NDIS participant's guardian, the DSOA client, the DSOA client's guardian, the SDA resident or the SDA resident's guardian (as appropriate).

S. 130(4) inserted by No. 9/2023 s. 37(2).

    (4)     A community visitor is entitled when visiting a Minister approved premises to do one or more of the following—

        (a)     inspect any part of the premises in which a person with a disability, an NDIS participant or a DSOA client is living;

        (b)     see any person with a disability, NDIS participant or DSOA client who is living in the premises;

        (c)     make enquiries relating to the provision of services to persons with a disability, NDIS participants or DSOA clients who are living in the premises;

        (d)     inspect any document relating to any person with a disability, NDIS participant or DSOA client that is not a medical record and any records required to be kept by or under this Act, the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 , the NDIS Act or any regulations, rules or instruments made under those Acts;

        (e)     inspect any medical record relating to persons with a disability, NDIS participants or DSOA clients living in the premises with the consent of the person with a disability, the person with a disability's guardian, the NDIS participant, the NDIS participant's guardian, the DSOA client or the DSOA client's guardian (as appropriate).

S. 130A inserted by No. 19/2019 s. 55.