Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00207:section:8:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00207
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 16385–19349

Disabilities is in Australian Treaty Series 2008 No. 12 ([2008] ATS 12) and could in 2023 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
counselling supports or services means supports or services based on discussing, describing and addressing issues that a person with disability experiences in their life or relationships with the purpose of assisting that person to resolve or manage those issues.
education supports or services means supports or services to assist a person with disability to prepare for, or participate in, education at any level.
eligible activity has the meaning given by subsection 13(1).
eligible person has the meaning given by subsection 9(1).
employment supports or services means the following:
 (a) supports or services to assist a person with disability to prepare for, obtain or maintain paid work, including training;
 (b) supports or services to assist a person with disability to gain and maintain self‑employment;
 (c) the provision of incentives or supports to employers to employ people with disability.
entrusted person means any of the following:
 (a) the Secretary;
 (b) an APS employee;
 (c) any other person employed or engaged by the Commonwealth to provide services to the Commonwealth.
funding agreement has the meaning given by paragraph 14(1)(d).
independent living supports or services means supports or services to assist a person with disability to develop or maintain the personal skills and self‑confidence necessary to enhance the person's independence, and self‑reliance, in the community and in the person's home.
Indigenous person means a person who is:
 (a) a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia; or
 (b) a descendant of an Indigenous inhabitant of the Torres Strait Islands.
information supports or services means supports or services (including translation and interpretation services) to assist a person with disability to access and understand information available generally to members of Australian society.
key personnel has the meaning given by section 10.
make, in relation to an arrangement, includes enter into.
medicare program has the same meaning as in the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973.
National Disability Insurance Scheme has the meaning given by the NDIS Act.
NDIS Act means the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013.
protected information means either of the following kinds of information:
 (a) personal information within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988;
 (b) information about the affairs of a person the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to found an action by a person (other than the Commonwealth) for breach of a duty of confidence.
recreation supports or services means supports or services to assist a person with disability to participate in recreation and leisure activities.
regulated activity means an activity specified in an instrument in force under section 11.
relevant information