12Requirement for disability inclusion action plan

12 Requirement for disability inclusion action plan

(1)  A defined entity must ensure that a disability inclusion action plan is prepared for that entity –

(a) within 6 months after the publication of the initial Tasmanian Disability Inclusion Plan prepared under section 9(1)(a); and

(b) on a 4-yearly basis thereafter.

(2)  The purpose of a disability inclusion action plan is to support the implementation of the Tasmanian Disability Inclusion Plan by –

(a) promoting the inclusion and participation of people with disability in the community; and

(b) reducing, removing and preventing barriers to people with disability in accessing universal services; and

(c) reducing, removing and preventing barriers to people with disability obtaining and maintaining employment; and

(d) realising meaningful change in attitudes and practices that discriminate against people with disability; and

(e) coordinating and integrating universal services with services and supports that are funded or provided under the NDIS.

(3)  A disability inclusion action plan for a defined entity must include –

(a) strategies and measures for the defined entity to promote disability inclusion; and

(b) actions to be taken and outcomes to be measured by the defined entity to advance disability inclusion.

(4)  In preparing a disability inclusion action plan, a defined entity must have regard to the following matters:

(a) the objects of this Act;

(b) the principles;

(c) the priorities, outcomes and measures in the current Tasmanian Disability Inclusion Plan;

(d) any guidelines issued under section 30 ;

(e) any prescribed matters.

(5)  In preparing a disability inclusion action plan, a defined entity –