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an impairment result in substantially reduced functional capacity to undertake relevant activities?              10

       Part 6 When does a person meet the early intervention requirements? 11

       When is an impairment permanent or likely to be permanent for the early intervention requirements?              12

       Deciding whether provision of early intervention supports is likely to benefit the person              12

       Part 7 Assessing whether a person meets the disability or early intervention requirements              14

       Specification of assessment tools in guidelines 14

       Part 8 Other matters 15

       Citation 15

       Interpretation 15

       Schedule A – Additional age and residence requirements 18

       South Australia 18

       Tasmania 19

       Queensland 20

       New South Wales 21

       Victoria 22

    Australian Capital Territory  23

    Northern Territory  23

    Western Australia 24

       Schedule B 28

       NDIS Areas – South Australia 28

       NDIS Areas – NSW 30

       NDIS Areas – Victoria 34

       NDIS Areas – Queensland 36

       NDIS Areas – Northern Territory 38

       NDIS Areas – Western Australia 39

       Part 1 What these Rules are about
    1.1 The NDIS is being implemented nationally, to enable persons seeking to become participants to be transitioned into the scheme, in accordance with the additional access requirements set out in in this Instrument.
    1.2 This Instrument provides rules about becoming a participant in the NDIS, which is part of the process towards developing a personal goal-based plan, which may provide for supports for participants in the NDIS.
    1.3 The Act sets out a number of objects and principles for the NDIS. The following are particularly relevant to this Instrument:

Objects
       (a) to provide reasonable and necessary supports, including early intervention supports, for participants in the NDIS;
       (b) to facilitate the development of a nationally consistent approach to the access to, and the planning and funding of, supports for people with disability;

Principles
       (c) people with disability should be supported to participate in and contribute to social and economic life to the extent of their ability;
       (d) people with disability and their families and carers should have certainty that people with disability will receive the care and support they need over their lifetime;
       (e) people with disability should be supported to receive reasonable and necessary supports, including early intervention supports.

       Part 2 Outline of these Rules
    2.1 A person, or someone who is able to act on their behalf, may make a request under the Act to become a participant in the NDIS (an access request). Once a person becomes a participant, they can develop a personal goal-based plan which may provide for supports for the participant. A number of principles apply in relation to the preparation and management of a participant's plan, which are set out in section 31 of the Act.
    2.2 This Instrument assists the CEO to determine