Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00207:section:8:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00207
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 13684–16663

8  Definitions
  In this Act:
accessibility supports or services means supports or services to assist a person with disability to access the physical environment or to participate in the social environment.
accommodation supports or services means supports or services to assist a person with disability to obtain or maintain suitable residential arrangements.
accredited certification body means a person granted an accreditation that is in force under section 26.
accrediting authority means a person granted an approval that is in force under section 25.
advocacy supports or services means supports or services:
 (a) to assist a person with disability to exercise choice or control in matters that affect the person, including the provision of legal services; or
 (b) to assist a person with disability to understand and advocate for their rights and to uphold and enforce their rights, including the provision of legal services; or
 (c) to influence community attitudes, government policy or laws in relation to the rights and freedoms of people with disability.
alternative compliance requirements has the meaning given by subsection 24(3).
arrangement includes a contract, agreement, deed or understanding.
capacity building supports or services means the following:
 (a) supports or services to improve the capability of a person with disability to participate in Australian society, including through peer support, mentoring and skills development;
 (b) supports or services to improve the capability of persons to deliver inclusive and accessible infrastructure, supports or services to people with disability.
carer supports or services means supports or services that assist carers of people with disability in their caring role.
centrelink program has the same meaning as in the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997.
certificate of compliance means a certificate of compliance that:
 (a) is granted under section 21 or 22 to a person; and
 (b) is in force.
code of conduct has the meaning given by subsection 20(3).
community inclusion supports or services means supports or services to assist a person with disability to engage with their chosen community and culture, including by removing barriers to their inclusion in community and cultural activities.
compliance standards has the meaning given by subsection 23(3).
constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities means the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities done at New York on 13 December 2006, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.
Note: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with 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