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reasonably practicable after they become participants. This ensures equity of access to the NDIS for such participants.

                     Paragraph 2.5 summarises the effect of subsection 32(3) of the Act.

    2.6 In urgent circumstances, the CEO can commence the facilitation of the preparation of a participant's plan at a particular time, despite the sequence set out in the table in paragraph 2.7. If the CEO does so, the CEO is able to delay the commencement of the facilitation of the preparation of other participants' plans, so far as is reasonably necessary, even if that delay would be contrary to that sequence.

                     Paragraph 2.6 summarises the effect of subsection 32A(3) of the Act.

    2.7 The two classes of participants, and the circumstances in which the CEO is to commence facilitating the preparation of plans for participants in those classes, are as follows:
Class    Participants in the class                                                                             Circumstances in, or period within, which the CEO is to commence facilitating the preparation of the participants' plans
Class 1  Residents of the following districts of New South Wales as defined in Schedule A to this Instrument:  The CEO decides (on or after 1 July 2016) that the Agency has the capacity to commence the facilitation of the preparation of the participants' plans.
               (i)       Central Coast;
               (ii)     Hunter New England;
               (iii)    Nepean Blue Mountains;
               (iv)    Northern Sydney;
               (v)     South Western Sydney;
               (vi)    Southern NSW;
               (vii)  Western Sydney.
Class 2  Residents of the following districts of New South Wales as defined in Schedule A to this Instrument:  The CEO decides (on or after 1 July 2017) that the Agency has the capacity to commence the facilitation of the preparation of the participants' plans, in light of the number of participants in Class 1 whose plans have been dealt with and the number yet to be dealt with.
               (i)       Illawarra Shoalhaven;
               (ii)     Mid North Coast;
               (iii)    Murrumbidgee;
               (iv)    Northern NSW;
               (v)     South Eastern Sydney;
               (vi)    Sydney;
               (vii)  Western NSW;
               (viii) Far West;

Subclasses

    2.8 Classes 1 and 2 (the main classes) are further divided into four subclasses as set out below.
Subclass    Participants in the subclass                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Circumstances in, or period within, which the CEO is to commence facilitating the preparation of the participants' plans
Subclass A  Persons who, at the time they make an access request, are receiving, or scheduled to receive, specialist disability services funded by or directly provided by the NSW Department of Family and Community Services who reside in a NSW Large Residential Centre, Group Home or receiving support defined as Community High.  As soon as practicable after 1 July 2016 for Class 1 participants and 1 July 2017 for Class 2 participants.
Subclass B  Persons who, at the time they make an access request,