National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Specialist Disability Accommodation - Participating Jurisdictions) Rule 2018

I, Dan Tehan, Minister for Social Services, make the following Rule.

Dated 16 May 2018   

Dan Tehan

Minister for Social Services

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

National Disability Insurance Scheme (Specialist Disability Accommodation) Rules 2016

1  Name

  This instrument is the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Specialist Disability Accommodation - Participating Jurisdictions) Rule 2018.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

 (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

National Disability Insurance Scheme (Specialist Disability Accommodation) Rules 2016

1  Paragraph 2.7

After “registered provider of supports” insert “or a registered NDIS provider”.

2  Paragraph 2.13

After “under the NDIS” insert “in host jurisdictions that are not participating jurisdictions”.

3  After Part 6  Requirements for SDA to be funded

Insert:

Division 1  General Requirements

4  Subparagraph 6.1(a)

Omit “registered provider (see Part 7)”, substitute “registered provider of supports or a registered NDIS provider”.

5  Subparagraph 6.1(e)

After “see paragraphs 6.5-6.13” insert “in relation to registered providers of supports and see the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Specialist Disability Accommodation Conditions) Rules 2018 for registered NDIS providers”.

6  After paragraph 6.4

Repeal heading after paragraph 6.4, substitute:

Division 2  Enrolment of dwellings by registered providers of supports

7  Paragraph 6.5

Omit “registered provider may enrol a dwelling”, substitute “registered provider of supports may enrol a dwelling in a host jurisdiction that is not a participating jurisdiction”.

8  Part 7  Registration of SDA providers

After “SDA providers” insert “who are registered providers of supports”.

9  Paragraph 7.1

At the end of the paragraph insert “This part applies to registered providers of supports and does not apply to registered NDIS providers.”

10  Paragraph 7.4

After “with which registered providers” insert “of supports”.

11  After paragraph 7.5

Insert:

 7.5A For the registration of SDA providers who are registered NDIS providers see the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Specialist Disability Accommodation Conditions) Rules 2018.

12  Paragraph 7.6

After “under the NDIS” insert “in a host jurisdiction that is not a participating jurisdiction”.

13  Note after paragraph 7.6

After “under the NDIS” insert “in a host jurisdiction that is not a participating jurisdiction”.

14  Note after paragraph 7.33

Omit “registered provider’s”, substitute “registered provider of supports’”.