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AUS-1986-L-3171
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Disability Services Act 1986. No. 129.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Australia
Subjects (Classification)
Education, vocational guidance and training; Employment policy, promotion of employment and employment services; Disabled workers; Protection against particular hazards
Adopted on (Date of text)
1986-12-09
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
The aims of the Act include, inter alia, ensuring that the services provided to persons with disabilities enable them to have increased independence, employment opportunities and integration in the community and to benefit from comprehensive rehabilitation services. Accordingly, the Act replaces provisions of the Handicapped Persons Assistance Act 1974 and of Part VII of the Social Security Act 1947 with provisions that are more flexible and more responsive to the needs and aspirations of persons with disabilities (s. 3). Part II of the Act governs funding of services, including competitive employment training, placement services and supported employment services. Part III concerns the provision of rehabilitation services by the Commonwealth (s. 24 permits a training allowance to be paid in addition to a rehabilitation allowance under defined conditions).
Implementing Text region
Implementing text(s)
1986-12-09 (AUS-1986-L-3172)
Disability Services (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1986. No. 130.
Implementing text(s)
1994-05-16 (AUS-1994-R-37671)
Disability Services (Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service) Regulations (S.R. No. 140 of 1994)
Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1992-06-30 (AUS-1992-L-31231)
Health, Housing and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1992 (No. 88 of 1992)
Amending text(s)
2017-05-19 (AUS-2017-L-105251)
Disability Services Amendment (Linking Upper Age Limits for Disability Employment Services to Pension Age) Act 2017 (No. 36, 2017).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation online
Author
ComLaw, Attorney General's Department, Australia
URL
https://www.legislation.gov.au/
File
AUS3171 2017.pdf (PDF of Act as at 1 July 2017)
Serial region
Serial title
Printed separately
Page range
24 p.
Serial title
Reprinted 1994