Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01063:body:0:p12
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L01063
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 30346–33406

with disability to live independently in the community, including by building their capacity to maintain a tenancy, and support for appropriate behaviour management; and

(b) home modifications for accessibility for a person in private dwellings; and

(c) home modifications for accessibility for a person in legacy public and community housing dwellings on a case-by-case basis but not to the extent that it would compromise the responsibility of housing authorities to develop, maintain and refurbish stock that meets the needs of people with disability; and

(d) user costs of capital in some situations where a person requires an integrated housing and support model and the cost of the accommodation component exceeds a reasonable contribution from individuals.

    7.20 The NDIS will not be responsible for:

(a) the provision of accommodation for people in need of housing assistance, including routine tenancy support and ensuring that appropriate and accessible housing is provided for people with disability; or

(b) ensuring that new publicly-funded housing stock, where the site allows, incorporates Liveable Housing Design features; or

(c) homelessness-specific services including homelessness prevention and outreach, or access to temporary or long term housing for participants who are homeless or at risk of homelessness; or

(d) the improvement of community infrastructure, ie accessibility of the built and natural environment, where this is managed through other planning and regulatory systems and through building modifications and reasonable adjustment where required.

Transport

    7.21 The NDIS will be responsible for:

(a) supports for a person that enable independent travel, including through personal transport-related aids and equipment, or training to use public transport; and

(b) modifications to a private vehicle (ie not modifications to public transport or taxis); and

(c) the reasonable and necessary costs of taxis or other private transport options for those not able to travel independently.

    7.22 The NDIS will not be responsible for:

(a) ensuring that public transport options are accessible to a person with disability, including through the funding of concessions to people with disability to use public transport; or

(b) compliance of transport providers and operators with laws dealing with discrimination on the basis of disability, including the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002; or

(c) transport infrastructure, including road and footpath infrastructure, where this is part of a universal service obligation or reasonable adjustment (including managing disability parking and related initiatives).

Justice

    7.23 In sections 7.24 and 7.25:

    person not in custody means a person who is subject to the justice system (including relevant elements of the civil justice system), but is not in a custodial setting (for example, a person on bail, a person under a community based order that places controls on the person to manage risks to the individual or to the