Tuesday, 3 March 2020

Disability Service Safeguards Amendment Bill 2020

Introduction and first reading

Mr DONNELLAN (Narre Warren North—Minister for Child Protection, Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers) (12:58): I move:

That I introduce a bill for an act to amend the Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018 and for other purposes.

Motion agreed to.

Mr T BULL (Gippsland East) (12:58): May I ask the minister for a brief explanation of the bill?

Mr DONNELLAN: The bill amends the transitional arrangements regarding experience eligibility for the disability worker regulation scheme, makes consequential amendments consistent with the Disability (National Disability Insurance Scheme Transition) Amendment Act 2019, amends the definition of ‘approved registration standard’, repeals the division of provisionally registered disability workers and makes other miscellaneous minor changes to the act.

Read first time.

Ordered to be read a second time tomorrow.