Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Disability Act 2006 - SECT 56

Purpose and application of Part

56. Purpose and application of Part



(1) The purpose of this Part is to create specific rights for persons residing
in residential services and to impose specific obligations on disability
service providers providing residential services-

   (a)  whilst enabling the support needs of persons with a disability to be
        met and the obligations of disability service providers to be
        fulfilled;

   (b)  which balance the rights and needs of individuals and the demands of
        providing disability services throughout the State of Victoria;

   (c)  which apply regardless of whether the disability service provider is
        the owner or landlord of the property where the residential services
        are provided.

(2) The Residential Tenancies Act 1997 does not apply in respect of
residential services.

(3) The regulations may provide that a prescribed class of disability
service provider is, subject to any prescribed conditions, exempted from
complying with prescribed provisions of this Part specified in respect of that
prescribed class of disability service provider.

(4) This Part does not apply in respect of persons residing in residential
treatment facilities and the provision of residential services in residential
treatment facilities.