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Amendments to disability, housing and community services' laws

Amendments to existing disability, housing and community services’ laws will come into effect if the One Funding System for Better Services Bill 2011 (the Bill) becomes law.

These amendments include the repeal of the Community Services Act 2007, the Community Services Regulation 2008 and the Family Services Act 1987 as the Bill adequately provides for the provisions currently contained within these laws.

Funding provisions in the Disability Services Act 2006 and the Housing Act 2003 will also be repealed, however, Ministers will still be required to consider the specialised conditions of these Acts when providing funding for disability or housing services. For example, if funding a disability service, the Minister must have regard to the objectives and principles of the Disability Services Act 2006. Details of the amendments to these two Acts are included in the One Funding System for Better Services Bill (PDF), Part 11, Division 6 and 12.

Amendments will also be made to the Disability Services Regulation 2006 and Housing Regulation 2003 to remove some prescribed requirements which are no longer needed, such as the requirement to keep and implement specified policies.

Ten prescribed requirements will be removed from the Housing Regulation 2003.  Others will be retained in order to ensure the continued operation of Queensland’s One Social Housing System.

Eight prescribed requirements will be removed from the Disability Services Regulation 2006. Three requirements previously contained in the regulation will be moved into the Disability Services Act 2006 to ensure strong protections for people with a disability are maintained. 

The draft One Funding System for Better Services Legislation Amendment Regulation 2011 (PDF, 184 KB) contains details of these amendments.

The repeal of the Community Services Regulation 2008 and amendments to the Disability Services Regulation 2006 and Housing Regulation 2003 will significantly reduce red tape for organisations funded to deliver disability, housing and community services — saving approximately $3.5 million annually and freeing up resources for service delivery.