s 3

Terms used

In force

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

Account means the account referred to in section 15(2);

Board means the board of the Commission provided for by section 7;

carer has the meaning given to that term in section 3A;

chief executive officer means the chief executive officer of the Commission;

Commission means the Disability Services Commission referred to in section 6;

Council means the Ministerial Advisory Council on Disability established under section 22;

Declared Places Act means the Declared Places (Mental Impairment) Act 2015;

Director means the Director of the Health and Disability Services Complaints Office appointed under the Health and Disability Services (Complaints) Act 1995;

disability means a disability —

(a)

which is attributable to an intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive, neurological, sensory, or physical impairment or a combination of those impairments; and

(b)

which is permanent or likely to be permanent; and

(c)

which may or may not be of a chronic or episodic nature; and

(d)

which results in —

(i)

a substantially reduced capacity of the person for communication, social interaction, learning or mobility; and

(ii)

a need for continuing support services;

disability service means —

(a)

a service provided specifically for people with disability, whether by carers or others; or

(b)

a service provided specifically for carers;

Disability Services Standards are those standards prescribed in accordance with section 12(1)(i);

metropolitan region has the meaning given to that term in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4;

personnel means the chief executive officer and people appointed or employed under section 9;

public authority means —

(a)

a department of the Public Service or an organisation specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994; or

(b)

another authority or body (whether incorporated or not) that is established for a public purpose by the State, regardless of the way it is established; or

(c)

a person declared by regulation to be a public authority;

resident means a resident as defined in the Declared Places Act section 3;

service developer means a person who or which —

(a)

investigates the need for disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or

(b)

researches the provision of disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or

(c)

plans for the provision of disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or

(d)

develops proposals for the provision of disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or

(e)

initiates the provision of disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or

(f)

develops or implements training programmes for people who provide disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or

(g)

researches the effects of providing disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or

(h)

does any prescribed activity;

service provider means an individual or group of individuals or a body corporate or incorporate that renders or provides disability services other than disability services provided by carers.

[Section 3 amended: No. 32 of 1994 s. 19; No. 44 of 1999 s. 5; No. 37 of 2004 s. 24; No. 57 of 2004 s. 5; No. 38 of 2005 s. 15; No. 33 of 2010 s. 32; No. 40 of 2012 s. 4 and 24; No. 4 of 2015 s. 70; No. 10 of 2023 s. 334.]

Research tools for this sectionPro

Cited by Analyse Interrogate History Equivalents

The statute text is free to read above. View Pro plans to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.