Who is a specialist disability service provider?
5 Who is a specialist disability service provider?
A specialist disability service provider is a person or entity (other than the Territory) that provides specialist disability services, whether or not for profit, but does not include—
a close relative of a person with disability who provides specialist disability services to the person other than as an agent or employee of a specialist disability service provider; or
a person or entity prescribed by regulation.
In this section:
close relative of a person means the person’s—
domestic partner; or
Domestic partner—see the Legislation Act, s 169.
father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, stepfather, stepmother, father-in-law or mother-in-law; or
son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, stepson, stepdaughter, son-in-law or daughter-in-law; or
brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, stepbrother, stepsister, brother-in-law or sister-in-law; or
uncle, aunt, uncle-in-law or aunt-in-law; or
nephew, niece or cousin.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by regulation
). Made under this Act:
- Disability Services Regulation 2014 · under s 12
This Act’s bill:Explanatory statement
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