Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Disability Act 2006 - SECT 38

Disability Action Plans

38. Disability Action Plans



(1) A public sector body must ensure that a Disability Action Plan is prepared
for the purpose of-

   (a)  reducing barriers to persons with a disability accessing goods,
        services and facilities;

   (b)  reducing barriers to persons with a disability obtaining and
        maintaining employment;

   (c)  promoting inclusion and participation in the community of persons with
        a disability;

   (d)  achieving tangible changes in attitudes and practices which
        discriminate against persons with a disability.

(2) Any plan lodged by a public sector body or a Council with the Human Rights
and Equal Opportunity Commission in compliance with Part 3 of the Commonwealth
Disability Discrimination Act 1992 is to be taken to be a Disability Action
Plan prepared by that public sector body or Council for the purposes of this
section.

(3) A public sector body must report on the implementation of their Disability
Action Plan in its annual report.

(4) If a Council determines to prepare a Disability Action Plan, the
Disability Action Plan should be consistent with this section.

(5) If a Council determines not to prepare a Disability Action Plan, the
Council must ensure that the matters referred to in subsection (1) are
addressed in the Council Plan prepared under the Local Government Act 1989.





(6) In this section-

Council has the same meaning as it has in section 3(1) of the
Local Government Act 1989; public sector body means-

   (a)  a Department within the meaning of section 4(1) of the
        Public Administration Act 2004;

   (b)  a statutory authority which is prescribed for the purposes of this
        section;

   (c)  a statutory corporation which is prescribed for the purposes of this
        section.