Abbreviations

AAT

Administrative Appeals Tribunal

ADACAS

ACT Disability, Aged and Carer Advocacy Service

ACDL

Australian Centre for Disability Law

ACL

Australian Consumer Law

AEC

Australian Electoral Commission

AGAC

Australian Guardianship and Administration Council

AHMAC

Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council

AHR Centre

Australian Human Rights Centre

ALRC

Australian Law Reform Commission

APP

Australian Privacy Principles

ARC

Australian Research Council

ABA

American Bar Association, Chapter 7

ABA

Australian Bankers’ Association, Chapter 6

AHRC

Australian Human Rights Commission

APRA

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority

ASIC

Australian Securities and Investments Commission

CDLP Galway

Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CHRE

Centre for Human Rights Education, Curtin University

CMI Act

Crimes (Mental Impairment and Unfitness to Be Tried) Act 1997 (Vic)

COAG

Council of Australian Governments

CRPD

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

DANA

Disability Advocacy Network Australia

DDA

Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth)

DDLC

NSW Disability Discrimination Legal Centre

DDLS

Disability Discrimination Legal Service Victoria

DHS

Department of Human Services

DRO

Divisional Returning Officer

DSS

Department of Social Services

EAV

Electronically Assisted Voting

Electoral Act

Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (Cth)

ICCPR

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Justice Connect

Justice Connect and Seniors Rights Victoria

Law Commission

Law Commission of England and Wales

Law Council

The Law Council of Australia

LIV

Law Institute of Victoria

LRCWA

Law Reform Commission of Western Australia

MDAA

Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association

MHCA

Mental Health Council of Australia

MHCC

Mental Health Coordinating Council

NACLC

National Association of Community Legal Centres

National Framework

National Framework for Reducing and Eliminating the Use of Restrictive Practices in the Disability Service Sector

NCAT

NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal

NCOSS

Council of Social Service of NSW

NDAP

National Disability Advocacy Program

NDIA

National Disability Insurance Agency

NDIS

National Disability Insurance Scheme

NDIS Act

National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cth)

NDS

National Disability Strategy

NMHCCF

National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum

Nominee Rules

National Disability Insurance Scheme (Nominee) Rules 2013 (Cth)

NSWCID

NSW Council for Intellectual Disability

NSWLRC

NSW Law Reform Commission

CDLP Galway

Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway

OAIC

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OPA

Office of the Public Advocate

OPCAT

Optional Protocol on the Convention against Torture

PCEHR Act

Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012 (Cth)

PIAC

Public Interest Advocacy Centre

PWDA

People with Disability Australia

QAI

Queensland Advocacy Incorporated

QDN

Queenslanders with Disability Network

QLRC

Queensland Law Reform Commission

SIS Act

Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Cth)

SIS Regulations

Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Regulations 1994 (Cth)

UNCRPD

United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

VCAT

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal

Vicdeaf

Victorian Deaf Society

VLRC

Victorian Law Reform Commission