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

The majority voted against amendments on sheet 2838 and sheet 2839 revised to opposition amendments (1), (5) and (6) on sheet 2651. There amendments were introduced by Victorian Senator Lidia Thorpe (Independent).

Amendment text

SHEET 2838

(1) Amendment (1), item 63, subparagraph 43(2AA)(a)(i), omit "2 years", substitute "5 years".

(2) Amendment (1), item 63, subparagraph 43(2AA)(b)(i), omit "2 years", substitute "5 years".

(3) Amendment (5), item 67A, subparagraph 44(1)(aa)(i), omit "2 years", substitute "5 years".

(4) Amendment (6), item 69A, subparagraph 44(2A)(aa)(i), omit "2 years", substitute "5 years".

SHEET 2839 revised

(1) Amendment (1), item 63, subparagraph 43(2AA), omit "must", substitute "may".

Original opposition amendment (1), (5) and (6) text

(1) Schedule 1, item 63, page 39 (after line 16), after subsection 43(2A), insert:

(2AA) The statement of participant supports for a new framework plan must provide for the funding for supports under the plan to be wholly managed by the Agency if:

(a) in the case the participant has made a plan management request covered by paragraph (1)(a) and the participant does not have a plan nominee—the participant has been convicted of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory that:

(i) is punishable by imprisonment for 2 years or more; or

(ii) involves fraud or dishonesty; or

(b) in the case the participant has made a plan management request covered by paragraph (1)(a) and the participant has a plan nominee—the plan nominee has been convicted of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory that:

(i) is punishable by imprisonment for 2 years or more; or

(ii) involves fraud or dishonesty.

(5) Schedule 1, page 41 (after line 4), after item 67, insert:

67A After paragraph 44(1)(a)

Insert:

(aa) the participant has been convicted of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory that:

(i) is punishable by imprisonment for 2 years or more; or

(ii) involves fraud or dishonesty; or

(6) Schedule 1, page 41 (after line 17), after item 69, insert:

69A After paragraph 44(2A)(a)

Insert:

(aa) the plan nominee has been convicted of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory that:

(i) is punishable by imprisonment for 2 years or more; or

(ii) involves fraud or dishonesty; or