Disability Services (Exclusion of Approved Aged Care Providers from Screening) Amendment Regulation 2020

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Disability Services (Exclusion of Approved Aged Care Providers from Screening) Amendment Regulation 2020.

2Commencement

This regulation commences on 1 December 2020.

3Regulation amended

This regulation amends the Disability Services Regulation 2017.

4Insertion of new s 5AA

After section 5—
insert—

5AA NDIS non-government service providers to which pt 5 of the Act does not apply—Act, s 41A

(1)For section 41A of the Act, an NDIS non-government service provider is prescribed if the provider—

(a)is an approved provider under the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018 (Cwlth); and

(b)is providing residential care under the Aged Care Act 1997 (Cwlth) to 1 or more participants in the national disability insurance scheme under the NDIS Act.

5Amendment of s 6A (Service providers to which pt 6 of the Act does not apply—Act, s 140)

(1)Section 6A(1), after ‘approved provider’—
insert—

under the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018 (Cwlth)

(2)Section 6A(1)(b), ‘Aged Care Act’—
omit, insert—

Aged Care Act 1997 (Cwlth)

(3)Section 6A(2)—
omit.