Disability Services Act 1993

The objects of this Act are—

to acknowledge and support the rights of people living with disabilities to exercise choice and control in relation to decision‑making; and

to ensure that disability services provided by the government or funded under this Act are of the highest standard and are provided in a manner that is safe, accountable and responsive to the needs of people living with disabilities, their families and carers; and

to promote the protection of people living with disabilities from abuse, neglect and exploitation; and

to set out principles that are to be applied with respect to people living with disabilities; and

to set out objectives for providers of disability services and for researchers; and

to provide for the funding of disability services and research or development activities; and

to ensure that disability services and research or development activities funded under this Act are provided or carried out in a manner that applies those principles and meets those objectives.