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

Schedule 1   Main amendments

Part 1   Amendment of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

122D   At the end of Part 5 of Chapter 7

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211 Information about consultation to be included in explanatory statements

(1) A description of the nature of consultation undertaken in relation to a legislative instrument made under this Act that is required by paragraph 15J(2)(d) of the Legislation Act 2003 to be contained in an explanatory statement for the instrument must:

(a) describe the nature of the consultation; and

(b) describe in general terms the persons, bodies or organisations who were consulted; and

(c) contain a summary of the views expressed by those persons, bodies or organisations.

Note: For this purpose consultation includes, but is not limited to, consultation undertaken for the purposes of section 209 of this Act. See also sections 17 and 19 of the Legislation Act 2003.

(2) The description must not identify a person, body or organisation, or reveal the views of a person, body or organisation, except with the agreement of the person, body or organisation.