Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person is not to
be paid funds under a grant of financial assistance until the person has
entered into an agreement in writing with the Commission setting out the terms
and conditions of the grant.
(2) If a grant of
financial assistance to an unincorporated association or body of people is
approved, the agreement referred to in subsection (1) is to be entered
into by an individual or individuals on its behalf.
(3)
Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a grant made to a public
authority that is not a body corporate.
(4) Without limiting
the terms and conditions that may be included in an agreement referred to in
subsection (1), unless the Board considers that it is inappropriate for
an agreement to do so, such an agreement is to require the recipient of a
grant under section 24(1)(c) or (d) to report to the
Commission —
(a) the
death of any person with a disability;
(b)
significant physical or psychological harm suffered by a person with a
disability;
(c)
without limiting paragraph (b), an assault (including a sexual assault)
of a person with a disability; or
(d)
neglect of a person with a disability to an extent that results, or is likely
to result, in significant physical or psychological harm to that person,
within 7 days of
the recipient becoming aware of that occurrence.
(5) In
subsection (4), a reference to a person with a disability is a reference
to —
(a) a
person with a disability to whom the recipient of a grant is providing a
disability service; or
(b) a
person with a disability who is the subject of the agreement.
(6) If under
subsection (4) the Board decides that it is inappropriate for an
agreement to require a recipient of a grant to report to the Commission, the
Board is to report to the Minister that it has made that decision.
[Section 25 amended by No. 44 of 1999
s. 11; No. 57 of 2004 s. 14.]