DISABILITY ACT 2006 - SECT 4 Objectives of Act

DISABILITY ACT 2006 - SECT 4

The objectives of this Act are to—

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

        (b)     promote a strategic whole of government approach in supporting the needs and aspirations of persons with a disability;

        (c)     facilitate the planning, funding and provision of services, programs and initiatives for persons with a disability;

        (d)     promote and protect the rights of persons accessing disability services;

        (e)     support the provision of high quality disability services;

        (f)     make disability service providers accountable to persons accessing those disability services;

S. 4(g) amended by No. 19/2019 s. 20(1).

        (g)     ensure the efficient and effective use of public funds in the provision of disability services;

S. 4(h) inserted by No. 19/2019 s. 20(2), amended by No. 9/2023 s. 7.

        (h)     provide a process for authorising the proper use of restrictive practices on NDIS participants and DSOA clients;

S. 4(i) inserted by No. 19/2019 s. 20(2).

              (i)     provide for appropriate compulsory treatment of NDIS participants.