The National Disability Insurance Scheme Handbook

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) was launched on 1 July 2013. The NDIS Act 2013 is an historic piece of legislation that is the foundation for a national scheme which will deliver meaningful change for people with disabilities across Australia.

The NDIS seeks to support the independence and social and economic participation of people with a disability, mainly by funding the provision of reasonable and necessary supports, including early intervention supports. The NDIS establishes three main criteria for access to the scheme - age, residence and disability.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme Handbook written by Bill Madden, Janine McIlwraith and Ruanne Brell examines the NDIS from the viewpoint of a person seeking to access the NDIS and those advising or assisting them. The three key criteria are examined, along with the powers of the NDIS Chief Executive Officer and the scope for review of adverse decisions. The important area of interplay between the NDIS and compensation entitlements is carefully scrutinised.

This handbook provides scheme users, carers, lawyers and health practitioners with an easy to understand guide to this watershed legal development.

This review was first published in the Law Institute Journal Victoria Vol 88 Issue 05 May 2014.

Features

• An explanation of the NDIS from the viewpoint of those seeking assistance under the scheme
• Examination of the key access criteria
• Examination of compensation entitlements
• Extracts of important parts of the legislation and the rules

Related LexisNexis Titles

Kelly and Ball Principles of Insurance Law, looseleaf and online Australian Health Law Bulletin (newsletter)

About the Authors

Madden, B
Bill Madden is a solicitor specialising in medical negligence litigation and a regular writer and speaker on medical law issues. Bill also teaches undergraduate and post graduate medical law subjects. He is an Adjunct Fellow, School of Law, University of Western Sydney and an Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology.

McIlwraith, J
Janine McIlwraith is a lawyer specialising in health law. She has written extensively in the health law area and regularly presents at industry conferences.

Brell, R
Ruanne Brell is a medical indemnity lawyer practising in the NSW Courts and has practised in the High Court of Australia. She has presented on a wide range of medico legal issues.