{"id":"sl-2025-8","name":"Disability Inclusion Regulation 2025","slug":"disability-inclusion-regulation-2025","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"8 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173337,"registerId":"act-sl-2025-8-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Disability Inclusion Regulation 2025","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nDisability Inclusion Regulation 2025\nSL2025-8\nmade under the\nDisability Inclusion Act 2024\nRepublication No 1\nEffective: 20 June 2025\nRepublication date: 20 June 2025\nRegulation not amended\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Disability Inclusion Regulation 2025, made under the Disability\nInclusion Act 2024 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3\n(Editorial changes)) as in force on 20 June 2025. It also includes any commencement, repeal or\nexpiry affecting this republished law to 20 June 2025.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT\nlegislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n• unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial changes\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation\nAct 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an\nindividual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR1\n20/06/25\nDisability Inclusion Regulation 2025\nEffective: 20/06/25\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nDisability Inclusion Regulation 2025\nmade under the\nDisability Inclusion Act 2024\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Matters to be included in disability inclusion plan—Act, s 15 (2) (d) 2\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 3\n2 Abbreviation key 3\n3 Legislation history 4\n4 Amendment history 4\n\n\n\nR1\n20/06/25\nDisability Inclusion Regulation 2025\nEffective: 20/06/25\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nDisability Inclusion Regulation 2025\nmade under the\nDisability Inclusion Act 2024\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Disability Inclusion Regulation 2025\nEffective: 20/06/25\nR1\n20/06/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Disability Inclusion Regulation 2025.\n3 Matters to be included in disability inclusion plan—Act,\ns 15 (2) (d)\n(1) The following matters are prescribed:\n(a) the following information about each action in the disability\ninclusion plan:\n(i) the disability inclusion strategy to which the action relates;\n(ii) an outline of the action;\n(iii) when the action was, is being, or is planned to be, taken;\n(iv) the position in the public sector entity responsible for the\naction;\n(b) information about how the public sector entity will keep the\nACT community informed about progress on each action in the\ndisability inclusion plan;\n(c) a statement describing the consultation undertaken when the\ndisability inclusion plan was most recently developed or\nreviewed.\n(2) In this section:\naction, in a disability action plan, means an action included in the\nplan for the Act, section 15 (2) (c).\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR1\n20/06/25\nDisability Inclusion Regulation 2025\nEffective: 20/06/25\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 4 Disability Inclusion Regulation 2025\nEffective: 20/06/25\nR1\n20/06/25\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nDisability Inclusion Regulation 2025 SL2025-8\nnotified LR 19 June 2025\ns 1, s 2 commenced 19 June 2025 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 20 June 2025 (s 2)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\n© Australian Capital Territory 2025","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose: prescribing specific content requirements for disability inclusion plans under the parent Act. It has not expanded beyond this administrative, detail-filling role."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 2 substantive sections (sections 1 and 3)","Single operational provision (section 3) with straightforward list format","Only 1 defined term ('action') in a simple inline definition","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the parent Act citation","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Standard template structure (name, contents, single substantive provision, endnotes)"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation tells ACT government agencies what to include in their Disability Inclusion plans so commitments aren’t vague: specific actions, timing, responsibilities, how the community will be kept informed, and a record of consultation. It affects ACT public sector entities and people with disability by requiring clearer, accountable planning and public reporting to improve accessibility and inclusion across the Territory."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No change in statutory scope is apparent from this instrument alone. The regulation prescribes particulars to be included in plans required by the Disability Inclusion Act (it does not expand or limit which entities must prepare plans or alter the Act's substantive application)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, prescriptive list of required plan content reduces legal uncertainty but requires attention to detail (s 3(1)).","Cross-reference to the Act for the definition of 'action' increases reliance on external text (s 3(2) referring to Act, s 15(2)(c)).","Applies across public sector entities required to prepare plans, creating broad administrative coverage and potential coordination costs.","Creates recurring disclosure and consultation duties (progress reporting; consultation statement) that impose ongoing administrative burdens on agencies.","Limited discretionary language lowers interpretive complexity but terms like 'outline' and 'when' allow some operational ambiguity.","Enforcement context signalled in republished front matter (penalty unit values), so non‑compliance carries quantified financial exposure."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation prescribes what must appear in disability inclusion plans under the Disability Inclusion Act: for each action, the related strategy, an outline of the action, when it is or will be taken, and the responsible public‑sector position; it also requires how progress will be reported to the ACT community and a statement of consultation undertaken.\n\nIt applies to ACT public sector entities that prepare such plans and assigns reporting and administrative duties — shifting compliance costs and transparency obligations onto those entities."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/disability-inclusion-regulation-2025","history":"/api/acts/disability-inclusion-regulation-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/disability-inclusion-regulation-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/disability-inclusion-regulation-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/disability-inclusion-regulation-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/disability-inclusion-regulation-2025/documents"}}