Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024
7Meaning of disability services provider
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7 Meaning of disability services provider
(1) For the purposes of this Act, disability services provider means –
(a) a person or organisation that receives funding under the NDIS or this Act to provide a service specifically for the support of people with disability; or
(b) a person or body, or class of persons or bodies, prescribed as a disability services provider.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, disability services provider does not include the following:
(a) a person with disability who is in receipt of a disability support grant for the purpose of obtaining care, support or assistance;
(b) a relative or friend of a person with disability who provides disability supports to that person;
(c) a person or body, or class of persons or bodies, prescribed as being excluded from the definition of disability services provider.