Western Australian Current Regulations

DISABILITY SERVICES REGULATIONS 2004

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 -- General  

   1.      Citation  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Nominations for Board membership (s. 7)  
           4A. Disability Service Standards (s. 12)  
           4. Nominations for Council membership (s. 22)  
           5. Procedure for public consultation by Council (s. 23)  
           6. Public authorities to which Part 5 does not apply (s. 27)  
           7. Standards for disability access and inclusion plans (s. 28)  
           8. Information in reports about disability access and inclusion plans (s. 29)  
           9. Publication of disability access and inclusion plans (s. 29A)  
           10. Procedure for public consultation by authorities (s. 28)

   PART 2 -- Trial of disability services model

           Division 1 -- General  

   11.     Terms used  
   12.     Trial areas and periods (s. 26G)  
           13. Disclosure of information (s. 52)

           Division 2 -- Becoming a participant

              Subdivision 1 -- General  

   14.     References in regulation headings to comparable Commonwealth rules

              Subdivision 2 -- Residence requirements  

   15.     Qualifying residence requirement to be met (additional residence requirement NDIS rule 4.1(c))  
           16. Qualifying residence requirement (additional residence requirement NDIS rules 4.6 ‑ 4.8)  
           17. Ongoing residence requirement to be met (additional residence requirement NDIS rule 4.1(c))  
           18. Ongoing residence requirement (additional residence requirement NDIS rules 4.9 ‑ 4.11)

              Subdivision 3 -- Disability requirements  

   19.     Disability requirement -- permanent impairment (NDIS rules 5.4 ‑ 5.7)  
           20. Disability requirement -- substantially reduced functional capacity (NDIS rule 5.8)

              Subdivision 4 -- Early intervention requirements  

   21.     Early intervention requirement -- permanent impairment (NDIS rules 6.4 ‑ 6.7)  
           22. Early intervention requirement -- supports to benefit person (NDIS rules 6.9 and 6.10)

              Subdivision 5 -- Assessment tools  

   23.     Assessment tools may be used (NDIS rule 7.1)

           Division 3 -- Supports for participants

              Subdivision 1 -- General  

   24.     References in regulation headings to comparable Commonwealth rules

              Subdivision 2 -- Assessing proposed supports  

   25.     Value for money (NDIS rule 3.1)  
           26. Effective and beneficial and current good practice (NDIS rules 3.2 and 3.3)  
           27. Reasonable family, carer and other support (NDIS rule 3.4)

              Subdivision 3 -- Criteria for supports  

   28.     General criteria for supports (NDIS rules 5.1 ‑ 5.3)

           Division 4 -- Supports for participants -- accounting for compensation

              Subdivision 1 -- General  

   29.     Terms used  
   30.     References in regulation headings to comparable Commonwealth rules

              Subdivision 2 -- Compensation  

   31.     Application of Division (NDIS rules 3.1 and 3.2)  
           32. Periodic payments (NDIS rule 3.3)

              Subdivision 3 -- Compensation, or foregone compensation, to be taken into account  

   33.     Funding to be reduced by compensation reduction amount (NDIS rules 3.5 and 3.6)  
           34. Reduction may be amortised (NDIS rule 3.7)  
           35. Commission may advise person as to likely compensation reduction amount (NDIS rule 3.8)  
           36. Special circumstances (NDIS rule 3.10)

              Subdivision 4 -- Compensation reduction amount  

   37.     Compensation reduction amount -- support component objectively identified (NDIS rules 3.11 and 3.12)  
           38. Compensation reduction amount -- other circumstances (NDIS rules 3.13 ‑ 3.16)  
           39. Compensation reduction amount -- participant in a Commonwealth, State or Territory statutory insurance scheme (NDIS rules 3.17 and 3.18)  
           40. Compensation reduction amount -- agreement to give up compensation (NDIS rules 3.19 ‑ 3.21)

   PART 3 -- Complaints  

   40A.    Services excluded from definitions of disability service and resident service (s. 30)
           SCHEDULE 1 -- Public authorities to which Part 5 applies
           SCHEDULE 2 -- Standards for disability access and inclusion plans
           SCHEDULE 3 -- Desired outcomes of disability access and inclusion plans