DISABILITY ACT 2006 - SECT 55 Planning for persons with an intellectual disability

DISABILITY ACT 2006 - SECT 55

    (1)     Without derogating from the general application of section 53, if a person with an intellectual disability or a person on their behalf has requested disability services from a disability service provider, the disability service provider must offer assistance with planning in accordance with the principles specified in section 52.

    (2)     If an offer of assistance under subsection (1) is accepted, the disability service provider must arrange for the assistance to be provided within a reasonable period after the offer is accepted.

S. 55(3) repealed by No. 19/2019 s. 128.

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Part 5—Residential services

Division 1—General provisions