Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 1986 - SECT 14C

             (1)  The functions of a Disability Standards Review Panel for a State or Territory are:

                     (a)  to review and to report, in writing, to the Minister on the performance, in the State or Territory, of a service in relation to which the Minister proposes to make a declaration under section 14G; and

                     (b)  to undertake such other functions as the Minister directs.

             (2)  The Panel is to perform its functions:

                     (a)  at the Minister's direction; or

                     (b)  at the written request of an eligible organisation that is providing a service in relation to which the Minister proposes to make a declaration under section 14G.

             (3)  In conducting the review, the Panel is to consider whether the applicable standards were met in respect of the provision of the service.

             (4)  The Panel's report is to include:

                     (a)  its findings and the reasons for those findings; and

                     (b)  its recommendations to the Minister arising from those findings.

             (5)  In this section:

"service" means:

                     (a)  an eligible service; or

                     (b)  an employment service in respect of which a transitional grant is being received.