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National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
29When a person ceases to be a participant
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#### 29 When a person ceases to be a participant
(1) A person ceases to be a participant in the National Disability Insurance Scheme when:
(a) the person dies; or
(b) the person commences accessing ongoing funded aged care services on a permanent basis, other than under a specialist aged care program, and this first occurs only after the person turns 65 years of age; or
(c) the person’s status as a participant is revoked under subsection 30(1) or (5), paragraph 30A(1)(c) or subsection 30A(7); or
(d) the person notifies the CEO in writing that he or she no longer wishes to be a participant.
(2) A person is not entitled to be paid NDIS amounts so far as the amounts relate to supports that are acquired or provided after the person ceases to be a participant.
(3) The National Disability Insurance Scheme rules may specify circumstances in which specified supports are taken for the purposes of subsection (2) to be, or not to be, acquired or provided after the person ceases to be a participant.