Disability Services Act 1993

The functions of the Council are —

to advise the Minister, or such other person as the Minister directs, on the development and implementation of policies, services, programmes and activities that —

affect people with disability;

inform the general public, or any section of it, about people with disability and that promote the acceptance by the general public, or any section of it, of the principles in Schedule 1;

and

to recommend to the Minister, or such other person as the Minister directs, ways to improve the quality of disability services other than disability services provided by carers; and

as directed by the Minister from time to time, provided that all such directions by the Minister are tabled in each House of Parliament on the first possible date after their issue.

The Council is to ensure that the interests of the public generally, and the interests of affected stakeholders in particular, are considered before it advises, or makes a recommendation to, the Minister under subsection (1)(a) or (b).

The Council may do all things that are necessary or convenient to be done for, or in connection with, its functions.

Without limiting the generality of subsection (2), the Council may request any public authority to provide it with information for the purpose of performing its functions and any such request must be complied with.

[Section 23 amended: No. 57 of 2004 s. 12; No. 40 of 2012 s. 8 and 24.]