24Functions of Disability Inclusion Advisory Council

24 Functions of Disability Inclusion Advisory Council

(1)  The Disability Inclusion Advisory Council has the following functions:

(a) to communicate effectively with people with disability, including consultation to inform the development of the Tasmanian Disability Inclusion Plan;

(b) to raise awareness of the rights and contributions of people with disability;

(c) to promote the role of the Tasmanian community, including the business and community sectors, in furthering the rights of people with disability;

(d) to provide advice to the Commissioner and the Minister in respect of –

(i) government policy direction, strategic planning and the implementation of initiatives in relation to people with disability; and

(ii) barriers to inclusion and participation in the Tasmanian community of people with disability; and

(iii) strategies for the identification, reduction, removal and prevention of those barriers; and

(iv) strategies for the reduction, removal and prevention of violence against, and the abuse, neglect and exploitation of, people with disability; and

(v) any matter relating to disability, or disability inclusion, referred to the Disability Inclusion Advisory Council by the Commissioner or Minister;

(e) to provide advice to the Minister regarding the development of the Tasmanian Disability Inclusion Plan and to participate in the monitoring and implementation of the plan;

(f) to provide such information and advice to the Commissioner as the Disability Inclusion Advisory Council considers relevant to the performance of the Commissioner's functions under this Act or any other Act;

(g) to provide advice to defined entities regarding the development and implementation of disability inclusion action plans;

(h) to consult and work with other disability inclusion advisory councils or bodies, whether at a national, state or local government level;

(i) such other functions as are imposed on the Disability Inclusion Advisory Council under this or any other Act.