Western Australian Consolidated Acts

DISABILITY SERVICES ACT 1993 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used in this Act

                In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — 

        Account means the account referred to in section 15(2);

        Board means the board of the Commission provided for by section 7;

        carer has the meaning given to that term in section 3A;

        chief executive officer means the chief executive officer of the Commission;

        Commission means the Disability Services Commission referred to in section 6;

        Council means the Ministerial Advisory Council on Disability established under section 22;

        Director means the person appointed under section 7(1) of the Health Services (Conciliation and Review) Act 1995 ;

        disability means a disability — 

            (a)         which is attributable to an intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive, neurological, sensory, or physical impairment or a combination of those impairments;

            (b)         which is permanent or likely to be permanent;

            (c)         which may or may not be of a chronic or episodic nature; and

            (d)         which results in — 

                  (i)         a substantially reduced capacity of the person for communication, social interaction, learning or mobility; and

                  (ii)         a need for continuing support services;

        disability service means —

            (a)         a service provided specifically for people with disabilities, whether by carers or others; or

            (b)         a service provided specifically for carers;

        metropolitan region has the meaning given to that term in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4;

        personnel means the chief executive officer and people appointed or employed under section 9;

        public authority means — 

            (a)         a department of the Public Service or an organisation specified in column 2 of Schedule 2 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 ;

            (b)         another authority or body (whether incorporated or not) that is established for a public purpose by the State, regardless of the way it is established; or

            (c)         a person declared by regulation to be a public authority;

        service developer means a person who or which — 

            (a)         investigates the need for disability services other than disability services provided by carers;

            (b)         researches the provision of disability services other than disability services provided by carers;

            (c)         plans for the provision of disability services other than disability services provided by carers;

            (d)         develops proposals for the provision of disability services other than disability services provided by carers;

            (e)         initiates the provision of disability services other than disability services provided by carers;

            (f)         develops or implements training programmes for people who provide disability services other than disability services provided by carers;

            (g)         researches the effects of providing disability services other than disability services provided by carers; or

            (h)         does any prescribed activity;

        service provider means an individual or group of individuals or a body corporate or incorporate that renders or provides disability services other than disability services provided by carers.

        [Section 3 amended by No. 32 of 1994 s. 19; No. 44 of 1999 s. 5; No. 37 of 2004 s. 24; No. 57 of 2004 s. 5; No. 38 of 2005 s. 15.]