National Disability Insurance Scheme (Becoming a Participant) Amendment Rules 2016 (No. 2)
National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
I, CHRISTIAN PORTER, Minister for Social Services, make these Rules for the purposes of sections 22, 23 and 209 of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013.
Dated: 29 June 2016
Christian Porter
Minister for Social Services
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1 Name of Rules
These Rules are the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Becoming a Participant) Amendment Rules 2016 (No. 2).
2 Commencement
These Rules commence on the day after registration.
3 Amendment of National Disability Insurance Scheme (Becoming a Participant) Rules 2016
Schedule 1 amends the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Becoming a Participant) Rules 2016.
Schedule 1 Amendments
Item 1 Paragraph 8.4, definition of 2016 NDIS early transition areas
Omit the definition
Item 2 Schedule A, Queensland
Omit:
The effect of this table is that a person who resides in Townsville or Charters Towers from the day after this instrument will be registered will meet the additional residence requirements but will only meet the additional age requirements if they were under 18 on 1 April 2016. A person who resides in Palm Island will meet the additional age and residence requirements from the day after this instrument will be registered.
Substitute:
The effect of this table is that persons in Queensland are eligible to become participants depending on where they live and, in some cases, how old they are. Schedule B defines the boundaries of particular districts mentioned in column 1 of the table.
Item 3 Schedule A, Queensland
Omit the table, and in its place insert:
A person meets the residence requirement if they reside in… | at the following time (the day mentioned is the ‘relevant date’ for the area in column 1)… | The additional age requirements for the person are… |
Townsville; or Charters Towers | on or after 16 March 2016 | the person is under 18 on 1 April 2016 (this includes children born on or after 1 April 2016). |
Palm Island | on or after 16 March 2016 | no additional age requirements (the person is under 65 on the day of the access request) |
Townsville Region, other than Townsville, Palm Island and Charters Towers | on or after 1 July 2016 | no additional age requirements (the person is under 65 on the day of the access request) |
Mackay | on or after 1 July 2016 | no additional age requirements (the person is under 65 on the day of the access request) |
Toowoomba | on or after 1 July 2016 | no additional age requirements (the person is under 65 on the day of the access request) |
Ipswich | on or after 1 January 2017 | no additional age requirements (the person is under 65 on the day of the access request) |
Bundaberg | on or after 1 April 2017
| no additional age requirements (the person is under 65 on the day of the access request) |
Rockhampton | on or after 1 July 2017 | no additional age requirements (the person is under 65 on the day of the access request) |
Beenleigh; or Cairns; or Brisbane North; or Brisbane South; or Maryborough; or Robina | on or after 1 January 2018 | no additional age requirements (the person is under 65 on the day of the access request) |
Caboolture/Strathpine; or Maroochydore | on or after 1 July 2018 | no additional age requirements (the person is under 65 on the day of the access request) |
Item 4 Schedule A, Queensland
After the table, insert the following text:
From 1 July 2016, the additional age requirements in the first row of the table cease to apply.
Item 5 Schedule B
After the table entitled ‘NDIS Areas – Victoria’, insert the following tables:
NDIS Areas – Queensland
District | Districts are comprised of the following local government areas of Queensland as at 16 March 2016 |
Townsville Region, other than Townsville, Palm Island and Charters Towers | Boulia Burdekin Burke Carpentaria Cloncurry Doomadgee Flinders Hinchinbrook McKinlay Mornington Mount Isa Richmond |
Mackay | Isaac Mackay Whitsunday |
Toowoomba | Balonne Bulloo Goondiwindi Maranoa Murweh Paroo Quilpie Southern Downs Toowoomba Western Downs |
Ipswich | Ipswich Lockyer Valley Scenic Rim Somerset |
Bundaberg | Bundaberg |
Rockhampton | Banana Barcaldine Barcoo Blackall‑Tambo Central Highlands Diamantina Gladstone Livingstone Longreach Rockhampton Winton Woorabinda |
Beenleigh | Logan Redland |
Cairns | Aurukun Cairns Cassowary Coast Cook Croydon Douglas Hope Vale Kowanyama Lockhart River Mapoon Mareeba Napranum Northern Peninsula Area Pormpuraaw Tablelands Torres Torres Strait Island Weipa Town Authority Wujal Wujal Yarrabah |
Maryborough | Cherbourg Fraser Coast North Burnett South Burnett |
Robina | Gold Coast |
Caboolture/Strathpine | Moreton Bay |
Maroochydore | Gympie Noosa Sunshine Coast |
Townsville (not being Townsville Region) | Townsville |
Charters Towers | Charters Towers |
Palm Island | Palm Island |
District | Districts are comprised of the following postcodes within the Brisbane local government area as at 16 March 2016 |
Brisbane North | 4000, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4017, 4018, 4025, 4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4034, 4035, 4036, 4051, 4053, 4054, 4055, 4059, 4060, 4061, 4064, 4065, 4066, 4067, 4068, 4069, 4070, 4072 |
Brisbane South | 4101, 4102, 4103, 4105, 4106, 4107, 4108, 4109, 4110, 4111, 4112, 4113, 4115, 4116, 4117, 4120, 4121, 4122, 4123, 4151, 4152, 4153, 4154, 4155, 4156, 4157, 4169, 4170, 4171, 4172, 4173, 4174, 4178, 4179, 4073, 4074, 4075, 4076, 4077, 4078, 4104, 4300, 4306 |