Disability Services Regulations 2004 (WA)

Western Australia Disability Services Act 1993 Disability Services Regulations 2004 Western Australia Disability Services Regulations 2004 Contents Part 1 — General 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Nominations for Board membership (s. 7) 1 4A. Disability Service Standards (s. 12) 1 4. Nominations for Council membership (s. 22) 2 5. Procedure for public consultation by Council (s. 23) 2 6. Public authorities to which Part 5 does not apply (s. 27) 2 7. Standards for disability access and inclusion plans (s. 28) 2 8. Information in reports about disability access and inclusion plans (s. 29) 3 9. Publication of disability access and inclusion plans (s. 29A) 3 10. Procedure for public consultation by authorities (s. 28) 4 Part 2 — Trial of disability services model Division 1 — General 11. Terms used 5 12. Trial areas and periods (s. 26G) 6 13. Disclosure of information (s. 52) 7 Division 2 — Becoming a participant Subdivision 1 — General 14. References in regulation headings to comparable Commonwealth rules 7 Subdivision 2 — Residence requirements 15. Qualifying residence requirement to be met (additional residence requirement NDIS rule 4.1(c)) 8 16. Qualifying residence requirement (additional residence requirement NDIS rules 4.6 ‑ 4.8) 8 17. Ongoing residence requirement to be met (additional residence requirement NDIS rule 4.1(c)) 12 18. Ongoing residence requirement (additional residence requirement NDIS rules 4.9 ‑ 4.11) 12 Subdivision 3 — Disability requirements 19. Disability requirement — permanent impairment (NDIS rules 5.4 ‑ 5.7) 12 20. Disability requirement — substantially reduced functional capacity (NDIS rule 5.8) 13 Subdivision 4 — Early intervention requirements 21. Early intervention requirement — permanent impairment (NDIS rules 6.4 ‑ 6.7) 14 22. Early intervention requirement — supports to benefit person (NDIS rules 6.9 and 6.10) 15 Subdivision 5 — Assessment tools 23. Assessment tools may be used (NDIS rule 7.1) 16 Division 3 — Supports for participants Subdivision 1 — General 24. References in regulation headings to comparable Commonwealth rules 16 Subdivision 2 — Assessing proposed supports 25. Value for money (NDIS rule 3.1) 17 26. Effective and beneficial and current good practice (NDIS rules 3.2 and 3.3) 18 27. Reasonable family, carer and other support (NDIS rule 3.4) 18 Subdivision 3 — Criteria for supports 28. General criteria for supports (NDIS rules 5.1 ‑ 5.3) 20 Division 4 — Supports for participants — accounting for compensation Subdivision 1 — General 29. Terms used 21 30. References in regulation headings to comparable Commonwealth rules 21 Subdivision 2 — Compensation 31. Application of Division (NDIS rules 3.1 and 3.2) 22 32. Periodic payments (NDIS rule 3.3) 23 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) 24 34. Reduction may be amortised (NDIS rule 3.7) 25 35. Commission may advise person as to likely compensation reduction amount (NDIS rule 3.8) 25 36. Special circumstances (NDIS rule 3.10) 25 Subdivision 4 — Compensation reduction amount 37. Compensation reduction amount — support component objectively identified (NDIS rules 3.11 and 3.12) 26 38. Compensation reduction amount — other circumstances (NDIS rules 3.13 ‑ 3.16) 26 39. Compensation reduction amount — participant in a Commonwealth, State or Territory statutory insurance scheme (NDIS rules 3.17 and 3.18) 29 40. Compensation reduction amount — agreement to give up compensation (NDIS rules 3.19 ‑ 3.21) 29 Part 3 — Complaints 40A. Services excluded from definitions of disability service and resident service (s. 30) 31 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 Notes Compilation table 36 Defined terms Disability Services Act 1993 Disability Services Regulations 2004