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DISABILITY INCLUSION ACT 2014 - SECT 12
Requirement for disability inclusion action plans
(1) Each public authority must, from the day prescribed by the regulations,
prepare and make a plan (a
"disability inclusion action plan" ) setting out the measures it intends to
put in place (in connection with the exercise of its functions) so that people
with disability can access general supports and services available in the
community, and can participate fully in the community.
(2) In preparing its
disability inclusion action plan, a public authority-- (a) must consult with
people with disability and have regard to any guidelines issued under
section 9, and
(b) may consult with individuals or other entities the
authority considers appropriate, including the Disability Council.
(3) A
disability inclusion action plan must-- (a) specify how the public authority
proposes to have regard to the disability principles in its dealings with
matters relating to people with disability, and
(b) include strategies to
support people with disability, including, for example, strategies about the
following-- (i) providing access to buildings, events and facilities,
(ii)
providing access to information,
(iii) accommodating the specific needs of
people with disability,
(iv) supporting employment of people with disability,
(v) encouraging and creating opportunities for people with disability to
access the full range of services and activities available in the community,
and
(c) include details of the authority's consultation about the plan with
people with disability, and
(d) explain how the plan supports the goals of
the State Disability Inclusion Plan, and
(e) include any other matters
prescribed by the regulations.
(4) A disability inclusion action plan may be
a document or part of a document prepared for another purpose if the Secretary
is satisfied the document or part fulfils the requirements of subsections (1)
and (3).
(5) A public authority must, as soon as practicable after the day it
is required to prepare and make a disability inclusion action plan-- (a) give
a copy of the plan to the Disability Council, and
(b) make the plan publicly
available, and
(c) make the plan available in one or more formats accessible
to people with disability.
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