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Government of Queensland and of the Commonwealth Department that administers the Act about the proposed decision (including their views about the effect that making the decision would have on arrangements agreed between the Commonwealth and Queensland for the funding of the NDIS); and
       (b) use his or her best endeavours to reach an agreement with those entities about the proposed decision.
       Part 3 Other matters

Citation

    3.1 These Rules may be cited as the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Facilitating the Preparation of Participants' Plans—Queensland) Rules 2016.

Interpretation

    3.2 These Rules include text that summarises provisions of the Act. The boxed notes identify such text, which does not form an operative part of these Rules.

    3.3 Terms and expressions that are used in the Act have the same meaning in these Rules unless these Rules display a contrary intention—see the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 and the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which include definitions and rules of interpretation that apply to all Commonwealth legislation. For convenience, the more important definitions from the Act are identified or reproduced in paragraph 3.4.

    3.4 In these Rules:

    Act means the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013.

    Agency see section 9 of the Act.

    CEO see section 9 of the Act.

    childsee section 9 of the Act.

    NDISsee section 9 of the Act.

    NDIS areas has the same meaning as in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Becoming a Participant) Rules 2016.

    NDIS rulessee section 9 of the Act.

    participantsee section 9 of the Act.

    participant's plan – means a plan as defined in section 9 of the Act.

    3.5 All areas of Queensland mentioned in the table in paragraph 2.5 (for example, Townsville, Townsville Region, Mackay) take their meanings from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Becoming a Participant) Rules 2016.

Endnotes

Endnote 1—About the endnotes
The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.

The following endnotes are included in every compilation:

Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history

Abbreviation key—Endnote 2
The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.

Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4
Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.

The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.

The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the