Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01257:reg:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01257
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 2679–5692

4  Definitions
 (1) In this instrument:
amending Act means the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Act 2024.
cultural activity means a cultural activity for a participant or prospective participant person who is an Indigenous person, and includes practices, ways of understanding the world, and methods of expression such as language, celebrations, and events. For this purpose, it is noted that:
 (a) individual Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures have specific spiritualities and lore, and therefore obligations or responsibilities, that are connected to Country and community; and
 (b) this Connection to Country, Lore and Spirituality is a way of understanding life, identity and connection with others, or kinship.
eligible assistance animal means a dog or other animal that is:
 (a) accredited under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the accreditation of animals trained to assist a person with a disability to alleviate the effect of the disability; or
 (b) accredited by an animal training organisation prescribed in regulations made under section 132 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 for the purposes of paragraph 9(2)(b) of that Act; or
 (c) accredited by a registered NDIS provider who is registered to provide assistance animals under section 73E of the NDIS Act; or
 (d) trained to assist a person with a disability to alleviate the effect of the disability and to meet standards of hygiene and behaviour that are appropriate for an animal in a public place.
Hearing Services Program means the program under which hearing services (within the meaning of the Hearing Services Administration Act 1997) are provided by:
 (a) contracted service providers in accordance with agreements entered into under Part 3 of that Act; or
 (b) without limiting paragraph (a)—Australian Hearing Services under the Australian Hearing Services Act 1991.
high intensity daily personal activities mean the following activities:
 (a) complex bowel care;
 (b) enteral feeding and management;
 (c) severe dysphagia management;
 (d) tracheostomy management;
 (e) urinary catheter management;
 (f) ventilator management;
 (g) subcutaneous injections;
 (h) complex wound management.
Note: Information about high intensity daily personal activities could in 2024 be viewed on the Commission's website (www.ndiscommission.gov.au).
NDIS Act means the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013.
replacement support determination means a determination under subsection 10(6) of the NDIS Act.
specialised vehicle driving instructor in relation to driver training means a person who:
 (a) is registered or licensed as a driving instructor in the State or Territory in which the driver training is to occur; and
 (b) has experience and training in providing driving instruction to people with disability.
standard item for a participant or prospective participant means an item that is not modified or adapted to address the functional impairments