Adult Disability Assessment Determination 2018 (Cth)

Adult Disability Assessment Determination 2018

I, Kathryn Campbell, Secretary of the Department of Social Services, make the following instrument.

Dated 9 August 2018

Kathryn Campbell Secretary of the Department of Social Services

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1.1 Name 1.2 Commencement 1.3 Authority 1.4 Definitions 1.5 Treating health professional..................................1 1.6 Disability assessment components..............................1

Part 2—Adult Disability Assessment Tool 3 2.1 Questionnaires..........................................3 2.2 Testing method..........................................3 2.3 Rating method..........................................3 Schedule 1—Questionnaires 5 Part 1 Claimant questionnaire........................................5 Part 2 Professional questionnaire.....................................11

Schedule 2—Rating method 15

Part 1—Preliminary

1.1 Name This instrument is the Adult Disability Assessment Determination 2018.

1.2 Commencement This instrument commences on 1 October 2018.

1.3 Authority This instrument is made under section 38C of the Social Security Act 1991.

1.4 Definitions Note: Some expressions used in this instrument are defined in sections 5 and 23 of the Act, including the following: (a) dependent child; (b) officer; (c) Secretary. In this instrument: Act means the Social Security Act 1991. adult means a person aged 16 or more. claimant means a person mentioned in subsection 2.1(2). claimant questionnaire means the questionnaire mentioned in subsection 2.1(1). professional questionnaire means the questionnaire mentioned in subsection 2.1(3). treating health professional means a person approved under section 1.5.