{"id":"F1996B01288","name":"Disability Services (Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service) Regulations","slug":"disability-services-commonwealth-rehabilitation-service-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"140 of 1994","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":29080,"registerId":"commonwealth-F1996B01288-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Disability Services (Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service) Regulations","content":"Statutory Rules 1994 No. 1401\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nDisability Services (Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service) Regulations\n\nI, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Disability Services Act 1986.\n\nDated 16 May 1994.\n\nBILL HAYDEN\n\nGovernor-General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nCARMEN LAWRENCE\n\nMinister for Human Services and Health\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nCitation\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Disability Services (Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service) Regulations.\n\n> Note: \\[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.\\]\n\nInterpretation\n\n2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:\n\n“the Act” means the Disability Services Act 1986.\n\nPrescription of law for the purposes of the definition of “compensation” under subsection 23 (1) of the Act\n\n3. For the purposes of the definition of “compensation” in subsection 23 (1) of the Act, the following Acts are prescribed in relation to criminal injuries compensation payments:\n\n(a) the Victims Compensation Act 1987 of New South Wales;\n\n(b) the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1983 of Victoria;\n\n(c) Chapter LXVA of the Criminal Code (Queensland);\n\n(d) the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1978 of South Australia;\n\n(e) the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1985 of Western Australia;\n\n(f) the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1976 of Tasmania;\n\n(g) the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1983 of the Australian Capital Territory;\n\n(h) the Crimes (Victims Assistance) Act 1992 of the Northern Territory.\n\n\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\n\nNOTE\n\n> Note: 1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 23 May 1994.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1705},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain narrowly focused on their original technical purpose: prescribing specific state and territory criminal injuries compensation statutes for the purposes of the Disability Services Act 1986. There is no indication of scope expansion beyond this specific definitional function."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative provisions total","Single defined term ('the Act')","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Simple list format with 8 enumerated items","No cross-references other than to the parent Act"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations declare payments under each state and territory criminal injuries/victim compensation law to be “compensation” for the purposes of the Disability Services Act 1986. \n\nPeople who get victim-of-crime payments from those specified schemes and also receive Commonwealth-funded rehabilitation services may have those payments treated as compensation, which can affect liability to repay some or all rehabilitation costs."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/disability-services-commonwealth-rehabilitation-service-regulations","history":"/api/acts/disability-services-commonwealth-rehabilitation-service-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/disability-services-commonwealth-rehabilitation-service-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/disability-services-commonwealth-rehabilitation-service-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/disability-services-commonwealth-rehabilitation-service-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/disability-services-commonwealth-rehabilitation-service-regulations/documents"}}