Disability Services and Inclusion (Compliance Standards and Alternative Compliance Requirements) Rules 2023 (Cth)

Disability Services and Inclusion (Compliance Standards and Alternative Compliance Requirements) Rules 2023 I, Amanda Rishworth, Minister for Social Services, make the following rules.

Dated 15 December 2023

Amanda Rishworth Minister for Social Services

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Definitions Part 2—Compliance standards Division 1—Introduction 5 Simplified outline of this Part 6 Purpose of this Part Division 2—National Standards for Disability Services 7 Application of this Division 8 First standard—rights 9 Second standard—participation and inclusion 10 Third standard—individual outcomes 11 Fourth standard—feedback and complaints 12 Fifth standard—service access 13 Sixth standard—service management Part 3—Alternative compliance requirements Division 1—Introduction 14 Simplified outline of this Part 15 Purpose of this Part Division 2—Alternative compliance requirements 16 Requirements for registered NDIS providers 17 Requirements for approved providers of aged care 18 Requirements for accredited organisations providing health care services 19 Requirements if regulated activities are to be provided by registered health practitioners 20 Requirements if regulated activities are to be provided by speech pathologists 21 Requirements if regulated activities are to be provided by translators or interpreters 22 Requirements for legal aid commissions

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name This instrument is the Disability Services and Inclusion (Compliance Standards and Alternative Compliance Requirements) Rules 2023.

2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. The whole of this instrument The later of: 1 January 2024 (a) the day on which the Disability Services and Inclusion Act 2023 commences; and (paragraph (a) applies) (b) the day after this instrument is registered.