Service provider organisation—level of government, code N

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Element
Short name:	Level of government
Synonymous names:	Funding jurisdiction; funding agency; funding source
METEOR identifier:	322239
Registration status:	Community Services (retired), Standard 27/04/2007 Disability, Superseded 15/12/2017
Definition:	The level of government associated with a service provider organisation, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:	Service provider organisation—level of government
Value Domain:	Level of government code N

Value domain attributes
Representational attributes
Representation class:	Code
Data type:	Number
Format:	N
Maximum character length:	1
	Value	Meaning
Permissible values:	1	National (Australian government)
	2	State/Territory government
	3	Local government

Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Reference documents:	ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics) 2002. Standard Economic Sector Classifications of Australia (SESCA), ABS cat. no. 1218.0. Canberra: ABS

Data element attributes
Collection and usage attributes
Guide for use:	Level of government is relevant to agencies that are defined as belonging to the government or public sector only.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. CSTDA NMDS Network.
Origin:	Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement National Minimum Data Set (CSTDA NMDS) collection. Data Guide: data items and definitions 2006-07.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	See also Service provider organisation—sector, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 27/04/2007 Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Agency sector cluster Community Services (retired), Standard 13/03/2013 Disability, Superseded 29/02/2016 DSS specific attributes + Conditional obligation: In the Disability Service National Minimum Data Set (DS NMDS), only service type outlets in the government sector are required to provide a response to the data element Service provider organisation—level of government, code N. Agency sector cluster Disability, Standard 29/02/2016 DSS specific attributes + Conditional obligation: Only organisations in the government sector are required to provide a response to this data element. Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement NMDS - 1 July 2006 Community Services (retired), Superseded 14/12/2008 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: The level of government to which the CSTDA funded agency belongs to. This item is used in conjunction with the tax exempt indicator of the funded agency to describe the agency sector or type of government or non-government sector to which the funded agency (or service type outlet) belongs. It is also used in conjunction with the State/Territory identifier to determine the funding jurisdiction. 'Government' must be selected as the sector of this service type outlet. Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement NMDS (July 2008) Community Services (retired), Superseded 11/11/2009 DSS specific attributes + DSS specific information: The level of government to which the CSTDA funded agency belongs to. This item is used in conjunction with the tax exempt indicator of the funded agency to describe the agency sector or type of government or non-government sector to which the funded agency (or service type outlet) belongs. It is also used in conjunction with the State/Territory identifier to determine the funding jurisdiction. 'Government' must be selected as the sector of this service type outlet. Disability Services NMDS 2009-10 Community Services (retired), Superseded 15/12/2011 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2009 DSS specific information: The level of government to which the NDA funded agency belongs to. This item is used in conjunction with the tax exempt indicator of the funded agency to describe the agency sector or type of government or non-government sector to which the funded agency (or service type outlet) belongs. It is also used in conjunction with the State/Territory identifier to determine the funding jurisdiction. 'Government' must be selected as the sector of this service type outlet. Disability Services NMDS 2010-11 Community Services (retired), Superseded 15/12/2011 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2010 DSS specific information: The level of government to which the NDA funded agency belongs to. This item is used in conjunction with the tax exempt indicator of the funded agency to describe the agency sector or type of government or non-government sector to which the funded agency (or service type outlet) belongs. It is also used in conjunction with the State/Territory identifier to determine the funding jurisdiction. 'Government' must be selected as the sector of this service type outlet. Disability Services NMDS 2011-12 Community Services (retired), Superseded 13/03/2013 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2011 DSS specific information: The level of government to which the NDA funded agency belongs to. This item is used in conjunction with the tax exempt indicator of the funded agency to describe the agency sector or type of government or non-government sector to which the funded agency (or service type outlet) belongs. It is also used in conjunction with the State/Territory identifier to determine the funding jurisdiction. 'Government' must be selected as the sector of this service type outlet.