National Disability Insurance Scheme (Facilitating the Preparation of Participants’ Plans—Tasmania) Amendment Rules 2017
National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
I, CHRISTIAN PORTER, Minister for Social Services, make these Rules for the purposes of sections 32 and 32A (other than subsection 32A(4)) of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013.
Dated: 10 December 2017
Christian Porter
Minister for Social Services
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1 Name of Rules
These Rules are the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Facilitating the Preparation of Participants’ Plans—Tasmania) Amendment Rules 2017.
2 Commencement
These Rules commence on the day after registration.
3 Amendment of National Disability Insurance Scheme (Facilitating the Preparation of Participants’ Plans—Tasmania) Rules 2016
Schedule 1 amends the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Facilitating the Preparation of Participants’ Plans—Tasmania) Rules 2016.
Schedule 1 Amendments
Item 1 Paragraph 2.3
Omit:
The CEO cannot make a decision to commence facilitating the preparation of plans for a class before the date specified in the table for that class.
Insert:
The CEO’s decisions to commence facilitating the preparation of plans for classes are tied to the sequence specified in the table at paragraph 2.6.
Item 2 After paragraph 2.6
Insert:
2.6A The CEO may make a decision mentioned in column 3 of the table at paragraph 2.6 before the date mentioned for that decision. Such a decision may only be made if:
(a) the CEO decides that the Agency has the capacity to commence the facilitation of the preparation of plans for participants in the relevant class before the date; and
(b) the decision would not adversely affect the facilitation of the plans of participants in other classes; and
(c) the Governments of Tasmania and the Commonwealth agree to the CEO making the decision.