Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2025
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In this Part –
commencement day means the day on which the new Act commences;
former Act means the Disability Services Act 2011, as in force immediately before the commencement day;
former Senior Practitioner means the person who was, immediately before the commencement day, appointed to be Senior Practitioner under the former Act;
new Act means the Disability Rights, Inclusion and Safeguarding Act 2024 ;
new Senior Practitioner means the person appointed to be Senior Practitioner under the new Act;
regulations means regulations made for the purposes of this Act, whether made under this Act or the new Act;
Tribunal means the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal;
undetermined application means an application made under the former Act that has not been withdrawn, abandoned or determined before the commencement day.