Terms used
3 Terms used
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 —
which is attributable to an intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive, neurological, sensory, or physical impairment or a combination of those impairments; and
which is permanent or likely to be permanent; and
which may or may not be of a chronic or episodic nature; and
which results in —
a substantially reduced capacity of the person for communication, social interaction, learning or mobility; and
a need for continuing support services;
disability service means —
a service provided specifically for people with disability, whether by carers or others; or
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 department of the Public Service or an organisation specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994; or
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
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 —
investigates the need for disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or
researches the provision of disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or
plans for the provision of disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or
develops proposals for the provision of disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or
initiates the provision of disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or
develops or implements training programmes for people who provide disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or
researches the effects of providing disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or
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.]
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