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DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 2011 (NO. 27 OF 2011)

- Act 27 of 2011 - Royal Assent 21 September 2011

Table of Provisions

Long Title

PART 1 - Preliminary

  • 1 Short title
  • 2 Commencement
  • 3 Objects
  • 4 Interpretation
  • 5 Principles
  • 6 Designated standards

PART 2 - Planning and Reporting Division 1 - Planning and budgetary

oversight
  • 7 Strategic plan
  • 8 Operational plans
  • 9 Budgetary oversight

Division 2 - Individual plans

  • 10 Contents of individual plans
  • 11 Approval of individual plans required by term or condition of grant
  • to funded private persons
  • 12 Approval of individual plans required by term or condition of grant
  • to provider

PART 3 - Funding

  • 13 Provision of specialist disability services
  • 14 Grants
  • 15 Funding agreements with disability services providers
  • 16 Funding agreements with disability research providers
  • 17 Funding agreements with funded private persons
  • 18 Amendment of funding agreement

PART 4 - Monitoring of Grants Division 1 - Review of grants

  • 19 Review of grants to funded disability services providers
  • 20 Review of grants to funded disability research providers
  • 21 Review of use being made of grant to funded private person

Division 2 - Monitoring

  • 22 Provision of assistance to enable compliance with terms and
  • conditions of grant
  • 23 Requirements must be imposed on entity if non-compliance continues
  • 24 Failure of entity to comply with requirement

Division 3 - Entry of premises

  • 25 Secretary may authorise entry of premises
  • 26 Rights of authorised officers to enter premises
  • 27 Additional requirements where private funded premises entered
  • 28 Rights of authorised officers after entry of premises

PART 5 - Senior Practitioner

  • 29 Senior Practitioner to be appointed
  • 30 Functions and powers of Senior Practitioner
  • 31 Annual report
  • 32 Senior Practitioner may delegate functions, &c.
  • 33 Persons to provide assistance to Senior Practitioner, &c.

PART 6 - Regulation of Restrictive Interventions Division 1 -

Preliminary provisions
  • 34 Interpretation of Part 6
  • 35 Functions of Senior Practitioner in relation to restrictive
  • interventions
  • 36 Use of unauthorised restrictive intervention prohibited

Division 2 - Approvals by Secretary

  • 37 Applications for approvals to carry out restrictive interventions
  • 38 Approvals to carry out restrictive interventions
  • 39 Provisions in respect of approvals by Secretary
  • 40 Review, amendment and revocation of approval by Secretary of
  • restrictive interventions

Division 3 - Approvals by Guardianship and Administration Board

  • 41 Applications for approvals to carry out restrictive interventions
  • 42 Approvals to carry out restrictive interventions
  • 43 Circumstances in which approvals may be granted
  • 44 Provisions in respect of approvals by Guardianship and Administration
  • Board
  • 45 Review, amendment and revocation of approval by Guardianship and
  • Administration Board

Division 4 - Investigations and directions

  • 46 Senior Practitioner to investigate, &c., use of restrictive
  • interventions
  • 47 Directions may be issued in relation to restrictive interventions

PART 7 - Miscellaneous

  • 48 Review by Magistrates Court (Administrative Appeals Division)
  • 49 Secretary to be responsible for coordination of services
  • 50 Sharing of information
  • 51 Immunity
  • 52 Regulations
  • 53 Review of Act
  • 54 Administration of Act
  • 55 Savings and transitional

PART 8 - Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997

Amended
  • 56 Principal Act
  • 57 Section 3 amended (Interpretation)

PART 9 - Mental Health Act 1996 Amended

  • 58 Principal Act
  • 59 Section 73 amended (Mail)

PART 10 - Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity Act 1994

Amended
  • 60 Principal Act
  • 61 Section 3 amended (Interpretation)

PART 11 - Poisons Regulations 2008 Amended

  • 62 Principal Regulations
  • 63 Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation)

PART 12 - Legislation repealed

  • 64 Legislation repealed
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