Disability Inclusion Act 2018 (SA)

South Australia

Disability Inclusion Act 2018

An Act to promote the full inclusion in the community of people with disability; to assist people with disability to achieve their full potential as equal citizens; to promote improved access to mainstream supports and services by people with disability; to provide for NDIS worker check clearances and exclusions for the purposes of the National Disability Insurance Scheme; to provide for the screening of persons who want to work or volunteer with people with disability and to prohibit those who pose an unacceptable risk to people with disability from working or volunteering with them; to provide for a community visitor scheme; to provide for responsibilities of the State during and following the transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme; and for other purposes.

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

This Act may be cited as the Disability Inclusion Act 2018.

1. (1)

   This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

2. (2)

   Section 7(5) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1915 does not apply to this Act or to a provision of this Act.

1. (1)

   In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

central assessment unit means the central assessment unit established under the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016;

Chief Executive means the Chief Executive of the administrative unit of the Public Service that is responsible for assisting a Minister in the administration of this Act;

community visitor means a community visitor appointed under Part 7;

disability, in relation to a person, includes long-term physical, psycho‑social, intellectual, cognitive, neurological or sensory impairment, or a combination of any of these impairments, which in interaction with various barriers may hinder the person's full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others;

disability access and inclusion plan, in relation to a State authority, means the disability access and inclusion plan, as in force from time to time, prepared by the State authority under section 16;

National Disability Insurance Scheme or NDIS means the National Disability Insurance Scheme under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 of the Commonwealth;

Registrar means the Registrar of the central assessment unit within the meaning of the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act 2016;

State authority means—

1. (a)

   an administrative unit (within the meaning of the Public Sector Act 2009); or

2. (b)

   an agency or instrumentality of the Crown, or agency or instrumentality of the Crown of a class, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph; or

3. (c)

   a local council constituted under the Local Government Act 1999; or

4. (d)

   any other person or body, or person or body of a class, declared by the regulations to be included in the ambit of this paragraph for the purposes of this Act,

but does not include a person or body, or person or body of a class, declared by the regulations to be excluded from…