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Disability Act 2006
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3C Primary service providers
(1) Except as provided for under subsection (2), the primary service provider for a person is the disability service provider or registered NDIS provider providing the majority of support to the person within the person's accommodation.
(2) If a person receives an equal amount of support within the person's accommodation from 2 or more disability service providers or registered NDIS providers, the Senior Practitioner may appoint the person's primary service provider from amongst those providers.
(3) Despite subsection (1), in sections 186, 194A, 194B, 194C, 195, 196, 196A(1), 197 (except in relation to a hearing of an application under section 196A(4)), and 201, if a supervised treatment order has been made in respect of a person, the primary service provider for that person is the disability service provider or registered NDIS provider that appointed the Authorised Program Officer stated in the order as being responsible for the implementation of the order.