Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A disability service is a service provided in the ACT specifically for people with a disability or their carers.
Examples of services for people with a disability or their carers
1 a service that provides home help, personal care, home maintenance or modification, food services, respite care, transport, assessment or referral of support needs, education, training and skill development, information services, coordination, case management and brokerage, recreation, advocacy, community access, accommodation support, rehabilitation, or employment services, specifically for people with a disability or their carers
2 a service provided in association with the use of premises for the care, treatment or accommodation of people with a disability
Note An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).
(2) In this section:
"disability" means a disability that—
(a) is attributable to an intellectual, psychiatric, sensory or physical impairment, or a combination of those impairments; and
(b) is permanent or likely to be permanent; and
(c) results in—
(i) the person having a substantially reduced capacity for communication, learning or mobility; and
(ii) the need for continuing support services for the person; and
(d) may, but need not, be of a chronic episodic nature.
Note Disability is defined differently for complaints about discrimination on the grounds of disability (see Discrimination Act 1991 , s 5AA).