Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The functions of
the Commission are —
(a) to
establish local and other bodies representative of people with disabilities,
their families, guardians and other interested people to advise the Commission
on such matters as it specifies;
(b) to
develop policies for the provision, encouragement and facilitation of
disability services;
(c) to
make grants under Part 4 and to ensure that the use of grants is
accounted for to the Commission;
(d) to
provide and to encourage and facilitate the provision of disability services;
(e) to
encourage people who provide services to the general public to adapt those
services to meet the needs of people with disabilities;
(f) to
inform people with disabilities about services available to them specifically,
and about services available to the general public which meet the needs of
people with disabilities, and to promote the use by them of such services;
(g) to
inform the general public, or any section of it, about people with
disabilities and to promote the acceptance by the general public, or any
section of it, of the principles in Schedule 1;
(h) to
advise public authorities in relation to the preparation of disability access
and inclusion plans under Part 5 and to evaluate the effectiveness of
such plans;
(i)
to establish guidelines and standards for the provision
of disability services other than disability services provided by carers;
(j) to
investigate and make submissions about the effect of written laws on people
with disabilities;
(k) to
undertake and encourage research relating to any of its functions; and
(l) to
cooperate and act jointly with people or bodies so far as is necessary for the
performance of its functions.
(2) Subject to
section 12A and Part 4A, the Commission may do all things that are
necessary or convenient to be done for, or in connection with, its functions.
(3) In performing its
functions the Commission is to —
(a)
further the principles in Schedule 1; and
(b) meet
the objectives in Schedule 2.
[Section 12 amended by No. 44 of 1999
s. 7; No. 57 of 2004 s. 8.]