DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 1993 - SECT 26H

DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 1993 - SECT 26H

26H .         Trial participants

        (1)         The Commission must ensure that a person does not participate in a trial unless the Commission is satisfied that at the time the person becomes a participant —

            (a)         either —

                  (i)         the person has not reached 65 years of age; or

                  (ii)         the person belongs to a class of persons approved by the Commission for the purposes of this paragraph;

                and

            (b)         the person meets the residence requirements in the NDIS Act section 23(1)(a) and (b); and

            (c)         either —

                  (i)         the person meets the disability requirements in the NDIS Act section 24; or

                  (ii)         the person meets the early intervention requirements in the NDIS Act section 25;

                and

            (d)         the person meets any other requirement prescribed by the regulations.

        (2)         For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), in deciding whether or not a person meets the residence requirement in the NDIS Act section 23(1)(a), the Commission must have regard to the matters set out in the NDIS Act section 23(2).

        [Section 26H inserted: No. 10 of 2014 s. 4.]