National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Act 2024 (81 of 2024)

Schedule 1   Main amendments

Part 3   Application and transitional provisions

126   Meeting the disability requirements or the early intervention requirements

(1) Sections 24, 25 and 27 of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, as in force on and after the commencement of this Schedule, apply in relation to:

(a) a person who makes an access request on or after that commencement, for the purposes of deciding whether the person meets the access criteria on or after that commencement; and

(b) any person who is a participant on or after that commencement, for the purposes of deciding whether the person meets the disability requirements or the early intervention requirements on or after that commencement.

(2) Paragraph (1)(b) applies whether the person becomes a participant before, on or after the commencement of this Schedule.

(3) National Disability Insurance Scheme rules made for the purposes of section 27 of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 that were in force immediately before the commencement of this Schedule continue in force (and may be dealt with) as if made for the purposes of that section as amended by this Schedule.