Disability Services Act 2006
sec.246When grants of financial assistance under the repealed Act continue
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sec.246 When grants of financial assistance under the repealed Act continue
This section applies to a non-government service provider that, at the commencement, is receiving financial assistance under the repealed Act that is recurrent funding. Subject to subsection (4), the service provider may continue to receive recurrent funding under this Act. If the service provider has, before the commencement, signed an agreement under the repealed Act known as a general service agreement, that agreement is taken to be a funding agreement under this Act. The definition funding agreement was omitted from this Act by the Communities Legislation (Funding Red Tape Reduction) Amendment Act 2014 . If the service provider has not signed a general service agreement before the commencement, funding must stop 3 months after the commencement unless— the Minister approves funding under this Act; and a funding agreement is signed by the service provider. No compensation is payable to a service provider if funding to the service provider stops under subsection (4). s 246 amd 2014 No. 12 s 70 (sec.246-ssec.1) This section applies to a non-government service provider that, at the commencement, is receiving financial assistance under the repealed Act that is recurrent funding. (sec.246-ssec.2) Subject to subsection (4), the service provider may continue to receive recurrent funding under this Act. (sec.246-ssec.3) If the service provider has, before the commencement, signed an agreement under the repealed Act known as a general service agreement, that agreement is taken to be a funding agreement under this Act. The definition funding agreement was omitted from this Act by the Communities Legislation (Funding Red Tape Reduction) Amendment Act 2014 . (sec.246-ssec.4) If the service provider has not signed a general service agreement before the commencement, funding must stop 3 months after the commencement unless— the Minister approves funding under this Act; and a funding agreement is signed by the service provider. (sec.246-ssec.5) No compensation is payable to a service provider if funding to the service provider stops under subsection (4).
- (a) the Minister approves funding under this Act; and
- (b) a funding agreement is signed by the service provider.