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the Commonwealth and the Northern Territory.
    1.5 The Act sets out a number of objects and principles for the NDIS, to which these Rules give effect. In giving effect to the objects, regard is to be had to the progressive implementation of the NDIS and the need to ensure the financial sustainability of the NDIS.

       Part 2 Preparation of plans for residents of the Northern Territory
    2.1 Once a person becomes a participant, the CEO can commence facilitating the preparation of a plan for the person. The process for commencing the facilitation of the preparation of plans for participants in the Northern Territory is detailed below.
    2.2 The table in paragraph 2.5 sets out the classes of Northern Territory participants and sets out the circumstances in, or period within, which the CEO is to commence the facilitation of the preparation of those participants' plans.
    2.3  The CEO cannot make a decision to commence facilitating the preparation of plans for a class before the date specified in the table for that class.  Otherwise, the sequence of classes is generally flexible.  The CEO need not be satisfied that all participants in a particular class have had their plans facilitated before moving onto a subsequent class; the Agency might have the capacity to commence the facilitation of plans in Class 2 or 3 before having fully completed that task for Class 1.  Further, the classes do not close at any point in time.  For example, a person in Class 1 who becomes a participant after the Agency has started to facilitate plans for Class 2 or 3 participants can still have their plan facilitated while participants in Class 2 are having their plans facilitated.
    2.4 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 2.5. 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 2.4 summarises the effect of subsection 32A(3) of the Act.

    2.5 The classes of participants, and the circumstances in, or period within, which the CEO is to commence facilitating the preparation of plans for participants in those classes, are as follows:
Class    Participants in the class (who must be residents of the Northern Territory)                                        Circumstances in, or period within, which the CEO is to commence facilitating the preparation of the participants' plans
Class 1  Persons who reside in the Barkly Region                                                                            As soon as practicable after the day on which these Rules commence

Class 2  Persons who