Disability Inclusion Amendment (Supported Group Accommodation) Regulation 2019 (NSW)

New South Wales

Disability Inclusion Amendment (Supported

Group Accommodation) Regulation 2019

under the

Disability Inclusion Act 2014

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following

Regulation under the Disability Inclusion Act 2014.

GARETH WARD, MP

Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to exclude nursing homes from the definition of supported group

accommodation for the purposes of the Disability Inclusion Act 2014.

This Regulation is made under the Disability Inclusion Act 2014, including sections 22 (3) (b) and 49 (the general regulation-making power).

Disability Inclusion Amendment (Supported Group Accommodation) Regulation 2019 [NSW]

Disability Inclusion Amendment (Supported Group

Accommodation) Regulation 2019

under the

Disability Inclusion Act 2014

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Disability Inclusion Amendment (Supported Group

Accommodation) Regulation 2019.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Disability Inclusion Regulation 2014

Clause 9 Meaning of “supported group accommodation”

Insert after clause 9 (2):

(3) Nursing homes are prescribed not to be supported group

accommodation for the purposes of section 22 (3) (b) of the Act.

(4)	In this clause:
nursing home means a facility at which residential care (within the
meaning of the Aged Care Act 1997 of the Commonwealth) is provided.