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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, which also contains definitions and rules of interpretation that apply to all Commonwealth legislation. (See also the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which, among other things, applies the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to legislative instruments such as these Rules.) For convenience, the more important definitions from the Act are identified or reproduced in paragraph 4.4.

    4.4 In these rules:

    Act means the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013.

    CEO—see section 9 of the Act.

    compensable event means the event in which a person's injury occurred that gave rise to the compensation payment. If the event is a course of events or conduct, the compensable event is the beginning of that course of events or conduct.

    compensation—see section 11 of the Act.

    compensation reduction amount—see paragraph 3.5.

    NDIS means the National Disability Insurance Scheme (see section 9 of the Act).

    NDIS component, of an amount of compensation under a judgement or settlement, means the component that relates to the provision of supports of a kind that may be funded or provided under the NDIS after the date of the judgement or settlement, and may include a component that consists of periodic payments.

    NDIS rules means the National Disability Insurance Scheme rules (see section 9 of the Act).

    participant—see section 9 of the Act.