sec.221Disability service plans for departments

sec.221 Disability service plans for departments

The chief executive of a department must develop and implement disability service plans for the chief executive’s department. The first plan must be developed and implemented within 1 year after the commencement of this section. A further plan must be developed and implemented at least once every 3 years. The purpose of a plan is to ensure each department has regard to the following to the extent they reasonably apply to the department’s operations— the human rights principle; the service delivery principles; the government’s policies for people with disability. In developing a disability service plan, the chief executive of a department must consult with the following to ensure the chief executive’s plan forms part of a coordinated whole-of-government approach for service delivery to people with disability— the chief executive of the department in which this Act is administered; the chief executives of other departments. The plan must, for the period of the plan— identify the issues relating to service delivery to people with disability by the department; and state the way the issues will be addressed; and state the way the chief executive of a department is to consult with other chief executives to achieve the whole-of-government approach mentioned in subsection (5) . The chief executive of a department must publish the current disability service plan for the department on the department’s website on the internet. Despite the Public Sector Act 2022 , section 274 , this section does not apply to a public service entity mentioned in the Public Sector Act 2022 , section 9 (b) . s 221 amd 2009 No. 25 s 83 sch; 2020 No. 39 s 70 sch 1 ; 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3 (sec.221-ssec.1) The chief executive of a department must develop and implement disability service plans for the chief executive’s department. (sec.221-ssec.2) The first plan must be developed and implemented within 1 year after the commencement of this section. (sec.221-ssec.3) A further plan must be developed and implemented at least once every 3 years. (sec.221-ssec.4) The purpose of a plan is to ensure each department has regard to the following to the extent they reasonably apply to the department’s operations— the human rights principle; the service delivery principles; the government’s policies for people with disability. (sec.221-ssec.5) In developing a disability service plan, the chief executive of a department must consult with the following to ensure the chief executive’s plan forms part of a coordinated whole-of-government approach for service delivery to people with disability— the chief executive of the department in which this Act is administered; the chief executives of other departments. (sec.221-ssec.6) The plan must, for the period of the plan— identify the issues relating to service delivery to people with disability by the department; and state the way the issues will be addressed; and state the way the chief executive of a department is to consult with other chief executives to achieve the whole-of-government approach mentioned in subsection (5) . (sec.221-ssec.7) The chief executive of a department must publish the current disability service plan for the department on the department’s website on the internet. (sec.221-ssec.8) Despite the Public Sector Act 2022 , section 274 , this section does not apply to a public service entity mentioned in the Public Sector Act 2022 , section 9 (b) .