National Disability Insurance Scheme (Becoming a Participant) Amendment Rules 2016 (No. 2) (Cth)

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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1Name of Rules

These Rules are the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Becoming a Participant) Amendment Rules 2016 (No. 2).

2Commencement

These Rules commence on the day after registration.

3Amendment of National Disability Insurance Scheme (Becoming a Participant) Rules 2016

Schedule 1 amends the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Becoming a Participant) Rules 2016.

Schedule 1Amendments

Item 1Paragraph 8.4, definition of 2016 NDIS early transition areas

Omit the definition

Item 2Schedule 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:

1. 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 3Schedule 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 4Schedule 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 5Schedule 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 Etheridge 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