Disability Inclusion Act 2024

The responsible Minister for a priority inclusion area must, in consultation with the Minister, make a disability inclusion strategy for the Territory in relation to the priority inclusion area.

The disability inclusion strategy must—

be consistent with the disability inclusion principles; and

include strategies that do the following in relation to the priority inclusion area:

promote disability inclusion;

reduce, remove and prevent barriers to accessibility;

address ableism; and

include information about how the strategy relates to any other significant strategy (however named) that applies in the ACT in relation to the priority inclusion area; and

include information for non-government entities about ways to support the disability inclusion strategy, including how to make a disability inclusion plan.

The disability inclusion strategy expires 10 years after the day it commences.

The responsible Minister for the priority inclusion area must, in consultation with the Minister, make a new disability inclusion strategy to replace the expiring disability inclusion strategy (an expiring strategy).

However, if the expiring strategy expires before a new disability inclusion strategy is made, the expiring strategy continues in force until the new strategy commences.

A disability inclusion strategy is a notifiable instrument.