Victorian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

Intellectually Disabled Persons' Services Act 1986 - SECT 7

Application to assess eligibility

7. Application to assess eligibility



(1) A person who has attained the age of 16 years who believes that she or he
is intellectually disabled or a parent, guardian or primary-carer of a person
who has attained the age of 16 years who believes that the person is
intellectually disabled may request the Secretary to assess the eligibility of
that person for services.

(2) A parent, guardian or primary-carer of a person under the age of 16 years
who believes that the person is developmentally disabled or intellectually
disabled may request the Secretary to assess the eligibility of that person
for services.

(3) The Secretary must ensure that an assessment of the eligibility of a
person for services is undertaken within 30 days after receiving the request.



(4) Despite sub-section (3), the Secretary may defer the undertaking of an
assessment of the eligibility of a person for services for up to 3 months
after receiving the request or discontinue any uncompleted assessment and
defer the undertaking of a further assessment for up to 3 months after
discontinuing the assessment, as the case requires, if the Secretary believes
on reasonable grounds that any assessment completed before then is unlikely to
establish reliably whether or not the person is intellectually disabled1.





(5) In an emergency a person is entitled to services before an assessment of
the eligibility of the person for those services is undertaken or completed if
the Secretary believes that it is likely that the assessment will result in
the person being declared to be eligible for services2.