The objects of this Act are –(a) to provide for the funding of –(i) the provision of specialist disability services and certain other goods or services; and(ii) research or development activities; and(b) to provide for the effective planning, prioritisation and scrutiny of the provision of specialist disability services and grants under this Act; and(c) to set out principles that are to be applied in relation to the performance or exercise of functions or powers under this Act and in relation to certain activities to which this Act relates; and(d) to enable the setting of standards that are to be met by funded disability services providers in providing, or ensuring the provision of, specialist disability services; and(e) to ensure that funded disability services providers provide, or ensure the provision of, specialist disability services in a manner that meets those standards; and(f) to regulate the use of restrictive interventions by disability services providers and funded private persons.