DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 2006 - SECT 226 Person with disability must advise chief executive about compensation

DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 2006 - SECT 226

226 Person with disability must advise chief executive about compensation

(1) This section applies to a person with disability who, in relation to the disability—

(a) is applying for, or is receiving—

(i) funding for disability services from the department; or

(ii) disability services from another entity the person knows is a funded service provider; and

(b) has received, or may receive, an amount relating to the disability.

(2) The person must notify the chief executive in the approved form—

(a) if action has been taken to claim an amount relating to the disability—of the type of action taken; and

(b) if an amount has been paid—of the date it was paid and the amount; and

(c) if part or all of the amount relates to future care—of the amount that relates to future care.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(3) Subsection (4) applies to a person who, on behalf of a person with disability, applies for—

(a) funding for disability services from the department; or

(b) disability services from another entity the person applying knows is a funded service provider.

(4) The person who applies for funding on behalf of a person with disability must notify the chief executive in the approved form of the matters mentioned in subsection (2) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(5) In this section—


"an amount relating to the disability" includes an amount relating to the disability resulting from any of the following—

(a) a proceeding in a court;

(b) action taken for compensation under the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 or an Act or law of another State, a Territory or the Commonwealth corresponding to that Act;

(c) an insurance claim;

(d) any other action taken under the common law or under an Act or law of a State or Territory or the Commonwealth.