Social Security (Personal Care Support – Direct Consumer Funding) Determination 2017 (Cth)

Social Security (Personal Care Support – Direct Consumer Funding) Determination 2017

Social Security Act 1991

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I, Christian Porter, Minister for Social Services, make the following determination.

Dated 16 February 2017

Christian Porter

Minister for Social Services

1. Name of determination

This instrument is the Social Security (Personal Care Support ­– Direct        Consumer Funding) Determination 2017.

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.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991.

4. Revocation

This instrument revokes the Social Security (Local Area Coordination Scheme) Determination 2000.

5. Personal care support scheme

(1)  The scheme for the provision of personal care support known as Direct Consumer Funding is approved for the purposes of section 35A of the Social Security Act 1991.

(2)  In this instrument, Direct Consumer Funding means an agreement by the Northern Territory Department of Health to provide funding through its Individual Support Package to a person with a disability, or on that person’s behalf to their carer, for the payment of support or services by a third party.