Disability Services Act 1986
Term(s) | Definition | Defined in Legislation | See Section(s) |
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accommodation support services | means services to assist persons with disabilities to develop or maintain suitable residential arrangements in the community and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes attendant care services, namely, services to persons with disabilities to assist them with personal administ |
Disability Services Act 1986 | Disability Services Act 1986 - 7 Interpretation |
accreditation | means under this Part. |
Disability Services Act 1986 | Disability Services Act 1986 - 6A Definitions |
accredited certification body | means a certification body that holds a current accreditation. |
Disability Services Act 1986 | Disability Services Act 1986 - 6A Definitions |
accrediting authority | means an authority approved by the Secretary under section 6B for the purpose of granting accreditation to certification bodies. |
Disability Services Act 1986 |
Disability Services Act 1986 - 6A Definitions
Disability Services Act 1986 - 6B Secretary may approve accrediting authorities |
ACNC type of entity | means an entity that meets the description of a type of entity in column 1 of the table in subsection 25‐5(5) of the Australian Charities and Not‐for‐profits Commission Act 2012 . |
Disability Services Act 1986 | Disability Services Act 1986 - 7 Interpretation |
advocacy service | means: (a) a service that seeks to support persons with disabilities to exercise their rights and freedoms, being rights and freedoms recognised or declared by the Disabilities Convention, through: (i) one‐to‐one support; or |
Disability Services Act 1986 |
Disability Services Act 1986 - 9B Approval of additional advocacy services
Disability Services Act 1986 - 7 Interpretation |
advocacy services | means: (a) selfadvocacy services, namely, services to assist persons with disabilities to develop or maintain the personal skills and selfconfidence necessary to enable them to represent their own interests in the community; |
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applicable standards | for a service means: (a) for an eligible servicethe eligibility standards; or (b) for an employment service in respect of which a transitional grant is being receivedthe standards referred to in paragraph 12AB(2)(c). |
Disability Services Act 1986 |
Disability Services Act 1986 - 7 Interpretation
Disability Services Act 1986 - 12AB Transitional financial assistance for employment services |
certificate of compliance | has the meaning given by section 6D or 6E, as the case requires. |
Disability Services Act 1986 | Disability Services Act 1986 - 6A Definitions |
certification body | means a body that carries out certifying functions. |
Disability Services Act 1986 | Disability Services Act 1986 - 6A Definitions |
certifying functions | means: (a) assessing, by reference to the relevant key performance indicators: (i) whether an employment service meets the disability employment standards; and |
Disability Services Act 1986 | Disability Services Act 1986 - 6A Definitions |
Commonwealth employee | means: (a) an APS employee; or (b) an employee of a body (whether incorporated or not) established for a public purpose by, or under, a law of the Commonwealth. |
Disability Services Act 1986 | Disability Services Act 1986 - 4 Interpretation |
competitive employment training and placement services | means services (also known as open employment services) to assist persons with disabilities to obtain and retain, or retain, paid employment in the workforce, and includes: |
Disability Services Act 1986 | Disability Services Act 1986 - 7 Interpretation |
current accreditation | means an accreditation that has not been withdrawn. |
Disability Services Act 1986 | Disability Services Act 1986 - 6A Definitions |
current certificate of compliance | means a certificate of compliance that is in force. |
Disability Services Act 1986 | Disability Services Act 1986 - 6A Definitions |
Disabilities Convention | means the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities done at New York on 13 December 2006. |
Disability Services Act 1986 | Disability Services Act 1986 - 7 Interpretation |
disability advocacy standards | means the standards determined by the Minister under paragraph 5A(1)(ba) in relation to the provision of an advocacy service. |
Disability Services Act 1986 |
Disability Services Act 1986 - 5A Standards for the provision of certain services and programs
Disability Services Act 1986 - 7 Interpretation |
disability employment standards | means the standards determined by the Minister under paragraph 5A(1)(b) in relation to the provision of an employment service. |
Disability Services Act 1986 |
Disability Services Act 1986 - 5A Standards for the provision of certain services and programs
Disability Services Act 1986 - 7 Interpretation |
eligibility standards | means the standards determined by the Minister under paragraph 5A(1)(a) in relation to the provision of eligible services. |
Disability Services Act 1986 |
Disability Services Act 1986 - 5A Standards for the provision of certain services and programs
Disability Services Act 1986 - 7 Interpretation |
eligible organisation | means: (a) a body corporate (other than a body corporate that is carried on for the purpose of profit or gain to its individual members); (b) a local governing body established by or under a law of a State or Territory; |
Disability Services Act 1986 | Disability Services Act 1986 - 7 Interpretation |