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NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME ACT 2013 (NO. 20, 2013) - SECT 29 When a person ceases to be a participant

NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME ACT 2013 (NO. 20, 2013) - SECT 29

When a person ceases to be a participant

             (1)  A person ceases to be a participant in the National Disability Insurance Scheme launch when:

                     (a)  the person dies; or

                     (b)  the person enters a residential care service on a permanent basis, or starts being provided with community care on a permanent basis, and this first occurs only after the person turns 65 years of age; or

                     (c)  the person's status as a participant is revoked under section 30; or

                     (d)  the person notifies the CEO in writing that he or she no longer wishes to be a participant.

Note:          Residential care service and community care have the same meanings as in the Aged Care Act 1997 .

             (2)  A person is not entitled to be paid NDIS amounts so far as the amounts relate to reasonable and necessary supports that would otherwise have been funded in respect of a period after he or she ceased to be a participant.