Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

DISABILITY SERVICES ACT - SECT 2

    (1)     In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"disability", in respect of a person, means a disability:

        (a)     which is attributable to an intellectual, sensory, physical or psychiatric impairment or a combination of those impairments;

        (b)     which is permanent or likely to be permanent;

        (c)     which results in:

            (i)     a substantially reduced capacity of the person for communication, learning or mobility; and

            (ii)     the need for continuing support services; and

        (d)     which may or may not be of a chronic episodic nature.

"organisation" means:

        (a)     a body corporate;

        (b)     a council constituted under the Local Government Act ;

        (c)     a post-school education institution or body within the meaning of the Education Act ;

        (d)     the Charles Darwin University;

        (e)     the Menzies School of Health Research;

        (f)     an agency of the Territory; or

        (g)     a prescribed society, association or body.

"provider of services" means an organisation or a person that provides services to persons with disabilities.

"research and development activities" means:

        (a)     research with respect to the provision of services for persons with disabilities;

        (b)     investigation of the need for services for persons with disabilities;

        (c)     the initiation of services for persons with disabilities;

        (d)     the planning of the provision of services for persons with disabilities;

        (e)     the development of proposals for the provision of services for persons with disabilities;

        (f)     the development or implementation of training programs for:

            (i)     persons engaged in the provision of services for; or

            (ii)     the families of, and other persons who provide care for or assistance to,

    persons with disabilities;

        (g)     the investigation of outcomes achieved by persons with disabilities through the provision of services; or

        (h)     any other activities approved by the Minister.

"researcher" means an organisation or person conducting research and development activities.

    (2)     The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette , prescribe a society, association or body for the purposes of the definition of organisation in subsection (1).