Disability Services Regulation 2006

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1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Disability Services Regulation 2006.

2Commencement

This regulation commences on 1 July 2006.

3Dictionary

The dictionary in schedule 4 defines particular words used in this regulation.

3APrescribed disability services—Act, ss 12, 14 and 16A

For sections 12, 14 and 16A of the Act, the prescribed disability services are stated in schedule 1AA.

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4Fee for application for prescribed notice—Act, s 52

For section 52(2)(d) of the Act, the prescribed fee is $86.10.

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5Documents relating to proof of engaged person’s identity—Act, s 52

(1)For section 52(3)(b) of the Act, a funded non-government service provider must sight 1 primary identification document, and 1 secondary identification document, for the engaged person.

(2)At least 1 of the documents sighted under subsection (1) must show the engaged person’s signature.

(3)If the engaged person’s name in a document sighted under subsection (1) differs from the engaged person’s current name, the provider also must sight—

(a)an official document evidencing the engaged person’s change of name; or

(b)a document the chief executive considers provides sufficient evidence of the engaged person’s change of name.

Examples for subsection (3)(a) of an official document evidencing a change of name—

1marriage certificate

2deed poll

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6Fee for application for cancellation—Act, s 82

For section 82(5)(c) of the Act, the prescribed fee is $86.10.

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7Fee for application for replacement—Act, s 92

For section 92(2) of the Act, the prescribed fee is $13.05.

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8Fee for application for an eligibility declaration—Act, s 99

For section 99(4)(c) of the Act, the prescribed fee is $86.10.

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8AInformation about restrictive practice approvals—Act, s 199(2)

(1)This section applies if a relevant service provider is given a restrictive practice approval to use a restrictive practice in relation to an adult with an intellectual or cognitive disability.

(2)The relevant service provider must give the following information to the chief executive—

(a)the adult’s—

(i)full name; and

(ii)unique client identifier; and

(iii)date of birth; and

(iv)gender; and

(v)primary disability;

(b)the relevant service provider’s—

(i)name; and

(ii)provider number; and

(iii)contact telephone number; and

(iv)email address;

(c)the type of disability services provided by the service provider;

(d)the person, identified by name or position title, authorised by the service provider to use the restrictive practice;

(e)the type of approval;

(f)the restrictive practice;

(g)who gave the approval;

(h)the date of the positive behaviour support plan for the adult that provides for the use of the restrictive practice;

(i)the date the approval was given;

(j)the date the approval expires.

(3)If the restrictive practice approval is changed in a way that changes the information given under subsection (2), the relevant service provider must give the changed information to the chief executive.

(4)The relevant service provider must give the information to the chief executive in the form approved by the chief executive.

(5)The relevant service provider must give the information to the chief executive within 14 days after the approval or change to which the information relates is given or made.

(6)In this section—

provider number, for a relevant service provider, means the unique number allocated to the relevant service provider under a service contract between the relevant service provider and the department.

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8BInformation about use of restrictive practices—Act, s 199(2)

(1)This section applies if a relevant service provider uses a restrictive practice in relation to an adult with an intellectual or cognitive disability.

(2)The relevant service provider must give the following information to the chief executive for each calendar month in which the restrictive practice is used—

(a)the adult’s full name;

(b)the adult’s unique client identifier;

(c)the restrictive practice used;

(d)the days on which, or the days between which, the restrictive practice was used;

(e)the times when the restrictive practice started and ended on each of the days;

(f)the frequency with which the restrictive practice was used;

(g)any episodic or isolated uses of the restrictive practice;

(h)the place where the restrictive practice was used;

(i)any injury to a person that happened when the restrictive practice was used;

(j)if a mechanical or physical restraint was used—the type of restraint;

(k)if the restrictive practice involved restricting access to an object—the object;

(l)if a medication was used as a chemical restraint—

(i)the generic name of the medication; and

(ii)the proprietary name of the medication; and

(iii)the prescribed dose of the medication; and

(iv)the prescribed frequency of the dose of the medication; and

(v)the name of the doctor who prescribed the medication.

(3)The relevant service provider must give the information to the chief executive using an electronic system approved by the chief executive.

(4)The relevant service provider must give the information to the chief executive—

(a)on the second Friday of the calendar month immediately after the calendar month in which the restrictive practice is used; and

(b)at other times if the chief executive, by written notice, requires the relevant service provider to do so.

(5)A notice under subsection (4)(b) must state—

(a)the period to which the information must relate; and

(b)the type of information, mentioned in subsection (2), that the relevant service provider is required to give; and

(c)when the relevant service provider must give the information to the chief executive.

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9Records—Act, s 215

(1)The records required to be made and kept by a funded non-government service provider under section 215 of the Act are the following—

(a)the address of each of the provider’s service outlets;

(b)the name, address and telephone number for each of the provider’s consumers;

(c)the name, address and telephone number for the person nominated as the emergency contact for each of the provider’s consumers;

(d)the following relating to the screening of persons engaged or proposed to be engaged by the provider—

(i)copies of applications or other documents given by the provider to the chief executive;

(ii)documents received by the provider from the chief executive;

(e)documents relating to written complaints made to the provider about the delivery of disability services by the provider;

(g)copies of documents given by the provider to the chief executive relating to incidents that have happened in the provision of disability services by the provider;

(h)if a compliance notice has been given to the provider, a copy of the compliance notice;

(k)the financial records required to be kept by the provider under the funding agreement entered into by the provider.

(2)The records mentioned in subsection (1) must be kept for at least 7 years.

(3)In this section—

compliance notice see the Community Services Act 2007, section 19(1).

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10Screening of persons engaged by funded non-government service providers—Act, s 236

(1)For section 236 of the Act, the first column of schedule 3 names a funded non-government service provider and the second column assigns a category to that service provider.

(2)The following periods apply to the categories assigned—

(a)category 1—4 months after the commencement;

(b)category 2—5 months after the commencement;

(c)category 3—6 months after the commencement.

(3)In this section—

category 1 means accommodation support services or respite services.

category 2 means community support services or community access.

category 3 means—

(a)advocacy or information services or services that provide alternative forms of communication; or

(b)research, training or development services.

commencement means the commencement of the Act, part 16.

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11Transitional provision for Disability Services and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2014

(1)For section 9(1)(h), a reference to a compliance notice includes a compliance notice given under former section 161 of the Act.

(2)In this section—

former section 161, of the Act, means section 161 of the Act as in force from time to time before its repeal by the Communities Legislation (Funding Red Tape Reduction) Amendment Act 2014, section 59.

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section 3A

1assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement

2assistance with daily personal activities

3development of daily living and life skills

4therapeutic support

5early intervention supports for early childhood

6behaviour support

7assistance in coordinating or managing life stages, transitions and supports

8management of funding for supports under a participant’s plan

9assistive technology specialist assessment, set-up and training

10participation in community, social and civic activities

11training for independence in travel and transport

12interpreting and translation

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section 5

•birth certificate

•current Australian driver licence containing a photograph of the engaged person

•international travel document

•citizenship certificate

•visa or entry permit under the Migration Act 1958 (Cwlth)

•current consular identity document containing a photograph of the engaged person

•a document the chief executive considers provides sufficient identification of the engaged person

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section 5

•recent account or notice issued by a public utility

Examples—

1council rates notice

2electricity account statement

3gas account statement

4land valuation notice

5telephone account statement

•recent document evidencing electoral enrolment

•identification card issued by the Commonwealth or a State as evidence of the engaged person’s entitlement to a financial benefit

Examples—

1Commonwealth seniors health card

2health care card

3medicare card

4pensioner concession card

5repatriation health card

•current account card, or current credit card, issued by a financial institution

Note—

See the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, schedule 1, definition financial institution.

•account statement issued by a financial institution that shows the statement’s date of issue to be less than 1 year before the statement is sighted

•passbook issued by a financial institution that shows the passbook’s last entry to be less than 1 year before the passbook is sighted

•a document the chief executive considers provides sufficient identification of the engaged person

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section 10

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section 3

Australian driver licence see the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995, schedule 4.

Australian electoral roll means an electoral roll maintained under a law of the Commonwealth or a State.

birth certificate, for an engaged person, means a certified copy of a birth certificate of the engaged person containing the name of at least 1 of the engaged person’s parents.

citizenship certificate, for an engaged person, means a certificate, declaration or other instrument of the engaged person’s nationality issued under the Australian Citizenship Act 1948 (Cwlth).

Note—

Australian Citizenship Act 1948 (Cwlth)—see the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 14H and the Australian Citizenship Act 2007 (Cwlth).

Commonwealth State Agreement ...

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conflict of interest ...

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conflict of interest policy ...

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consular identity document, for an engaged person, means a document showing the engaged person is a member of a consular post.

document evidencing electoral enrolment, for an engaged person, means—

(a)a document that is part of an Australian electoral roll and sets out the engaged person’s name; or

(b)a document issued by an entity responsible for maintaining an Australian electoral roll that shows the engaged person’s name is set out in an Australian electoral roll.

eligibility policy ...

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financial delegations policy ...

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international travel document means—

(a)a current passport; or

(b)an expired passport that expired less than 2 years before the expired passport is sighted; or

(c)another current identity document, having the characteristics of a passport, issued by a government, the United Nations or an agency of the United Nations for the purposes of international travel; or

(d)another expired identity document, having the characteristics of a passport, issued by a government, the United Nations or an agency of the United Nations for the purposes of international travel that expired less than 2 years before the expired identity document is sighted.

member of a consular post has the same meaning as in the Consular Privileges and Immunities Act 1972 (Cwlth).

National Minimum Data Set ...

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primary identification document means a document mentioned in schedule 1.

provider ...

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recent, for a document being sighted, means having an issuing date that is less than 1 year before the document is sighted.

restrictive practice approval see section 195(7) of the Act.

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secondary identification document means a document mentioned in schedule 2.

unique client identifier, for an adult, means the unique number allocated to the adult by the department.

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