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CEO must, as early as possible:
    (a)     seek the views of the Government of the Northern Territory 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 the Northern Territory 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.
2.7    The following additional rules apply for participants in the Northern Territory:
    (a)       If the CEO commences facilitation of the preparation of a plan for a participant who is an existing client of Supported Accommodation services, the CEO is to have regard to the intensive support the participant requires throughout the planning process.
    (b)       If the CEO commences facilitation of the preparation of a plan for a participant who is an existing client of Supported Accommodation services, the CEO must, where practicable, also commence the facilitation of the preparation of plans for all other participants residing in the participant's household.
       Part 3 Other matters

Citation
    3.1 These Rules may be cited as the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Facilitating the Preparation of Participants' Plans—Northern Territory) 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 Legislation 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.
    existing client means a person who, at the relevant time, is receiving, or is scheduled to receive, specialist disability services funded or directly provided by the Northern Territory Office of Disability, or Commonwealth residential aged care services.
    NDIS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.
    Supported Accommodation services means supported accommodation services funded or directly provided by the Northern Territory Office of Disability and Commonwealth residential aged care services.
    3.5 A region of the Northern Territory mentioned in these Rules has the same meaning as in Schedule B of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Becoming a Participant) Rules 2016.