Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Disability Act 2006 - SECT 8

Role and functions of the Secretary

8. Role and functions of the Secretary



(1) For the purposes of this Act, the role of the Secretary is to-

   (a)  plan, develop, provide and fund or purchase comprehensive services,
        programs and initiatives for persons with a disability;

   (b)  provide and fund programs and initiatives that facilitate persons with
        a disability exercising their rights and meeting their
        responsibilities in the community;

   (c)  collect and analyse data for the purpose of enabling the Secretary to
        achieve the objectives and perform the functions specified in this
        Act, including complying with reporting requirements for the purposes
        of this Act and the Commonwealth State Territory Disability Agreement;

   (d)  subject to the general direction and control of the Minister,
        administer this Act in accordance with the objectives and principles
        specified in this Act.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Secretary has the
following functions-

   (a)  to promote awareness and understanding of disability within the
        community;

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

   (c)  to develop policies for disability services;

   (d)  to develop and publish criteria to enable priority of access to
        disability services to be determined in a fair manner;

   (e)  to determine priorities in relation to policy development, resource
        allocation and the provision of disability services;

   (f)  to monitor, evaluate and review disability services;

   (g)  to promote the quality of disability services;

   (h)  to promote the establishment of appropriate training courses and the
        availability of on-going training for persons employed in the
        provision of disability services;

        (i)    to foster collaboration, coordination and integration in the
               provision to persons with a disability of disability services
               with other local services;

   (j)  to make recommendations and reports to the Minister with respect to
        matters relating to persons with a disability and to advise the
        Minister on the operation of this Act.