Disability Services Act 2006
sec.233Chief executive may enter into arrangements about giving and receiving information about eligible persons
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sec.233 Chief executive may enter into arrangements about giving and receiving information about eligible persons
The purpose of this section is to facilitate the monitoring and reconciliation of funding under this Act and other Acts, including the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) , by sharing information about persons who may be eligible persons. If the chief executive requests auditing information about persons who may be eligible persons from the chief executive of another department, the other chief executive must comply with the request. To facilitate the giving of auditing information about persons who may be eligible persons, the chief executive and the chief executive of the other department may enter into a written arrangement by which the auditing information is given or received. Without limiting subsection (3) , the arrangement may provide for the electronic transfer of auditing information about persons who may be eligible persons. However, if auditing information about persons who may be eligible persons is to be electronically transferred and, under this Act, there is a limitation on who may access the information or the purposes for which the information may be used, the arrangement must provide for the limitation. Without limiting section 228 (5) , the chief executive may disclose to the chief executive of another department under the arrangement mentioned in subsection (3) the fact that an eligible person has become, or will not become, a participant under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) . In this section— auditing information , about a person who may be an eligible person, means each of the following— the person’s full name; the person’s unique agency client identifier, if any; the person’s date of birth; the person’s gender; the person’s residential address; the name and full contact details of the person’s carer or guardian and details of any relationship between the person and the person’s carer or guardian. eligible person means a person receiving services funded or delivered by a department who may meet the access criteria under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) , section 21 . s 233 ins 2014 No. 12 s 65 sub 2016 No. 9 s 50 amd 2019 No. 19 s 81 sch 1 ; 2020 No. 39 s 70 sch 1 (sec.233-ssec.1) The purpose of this section is to facilitate the monitoring and reconciliation of funding under this Act and other Acts, including the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) , by sharing information about persons who may be eligible persons. (sec.233-ssec.2) If the chief executive requests auditing information about persons who may be eligible persons from the chief executive of another department, the other chief executive must comply with the request. (sec.233-ssec.3) To facilitate the giving of auditing information about persons who may be eligible persons, the chief executive and the chief executive of the other department may enter into a written arrangement by which the auditing information is given or received. (sec.233-ssec.4) Without limiting subsection (3) , the arrangement may provide for the electronic transfer of auditing information about persons who may be eligible persons. (sec.233-ssec.5) However, if auditing information about persons who may be eligible persons is to be electronically transferred and, under this Act, there is a limitation on who may access the information or the purposes for which the information may be used, the arrangement must provide for the limitation. (sec.233-ssec.6) Without limiting section 228 (5) , the chief executive may disclose to the chief executive of another department under the arrangement mentioned in subsection (3) the fact that an eligible person has become, or will not become, a participant under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) . (sec.233-ssec.7) In this section— auditing information , about a person who may be an eligible person, means each of the following— the person’s full name; the person’s unique agency client identifier, if any; the person’s date of birth; the person’s gender; the person’s residential address; the name and full contact details of the person’s carer or guardian and details of any relationship between the person and the person’s carer or guardian. eligible person means a person receiving services funded or delivered by a department who may meet the access criteria under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) , section 21 .