Disability Inclusion Act 2018

There is to be a disability access and inclusion plan for each State authority.

A disability access and inclusion plan is to be prepared by the relevant State authority in accordance with this section.

A disability access and inclusion plan—

must set out the measures that the State authority intends to put in place to ensure that people with disability can access the mainstream supports and services provided by or on behalf of the

must explain how the State authority proposes to give effect to the objects and principles set out in Part 2;

must explain how the State authority proposes to give effect to the State

must include strategies, accompanied by measurable outcomes where appropriate, to support people with disability in the following areas:

access to built environs, events and facilities;

access to information and communications;

addressing the specific needs of people with disability in its programs and services;

employment;

must include strategies to ensure that the needs of persons referred to in section 9(2),

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are properly addressed by the disability access and inclusion plan;

must contain such other provisions as may be required by the guidelines published under section 12(1)(a) or the regulations.

Subject to this section, in preparing a disability access and inclusion plan, a State authority—

must comply with the guidelines published under section 12(1)(a);

must, in accordance with any requirements set out in the regulations, consult with people with disability and persons or bodies representing the interests of people with disability (and may consult with any other persons or bodies that the State authority thinks fit); and

must call for submissions from members of the public in accordance with the scheme set out in the regulations (and must have regard to the submissions made in response to the call); and

must ensure that any documents prepared for the purposes of paragraph (b) are in a form that is accessible to people with disability; and

must comply with any other requirements prescribed by the regulations.

Despite a preceding subsection, a local council may, with the approval of the Minister and in accordance with any requirements set out in the regulations, prepare a single disability access and inclusion plan to be the disability access and inclusion plan for—

that local council; and

1 or more specified local councils, (and the plan will, for the purposes of this Act, be taken to be the disability access and inclusion plan for each such council).

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