National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

to uphold the rights of, and promote the health, safety and wellbeing of, people with disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the National Disability Insurance Scheme;

to develop a nationally consistent approach to managing quality and safeguards for people with disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the National Disability Insurance Scheme;

to promote the provision of advice, information, education and training to NDIS providers and people with disability;

to secure compliance with this Act through effective compliance and enforcement arrangements, including through the monitoring and investigation functions conferred on the Commissioner by Division 8 of Part 3A of Chapter 4;

to promote continuous improvement amongst NDIS providers and the delivery of progressively higher standards of supports and services to people with disability;

to develop and oversee the broad policy design for a nationally consistent framework relating to the screening of workers involved in the provision of supports and services to people with disability;

to provide advice or recommendations to the Agency or the Board in relation to the performance of the Agency’s functions;

to engage in, promote and coordinate the sharing of information to achieve the objects of this Act;

to provide NDIS market oversight, including:

by monitoring changes in the NDIS market which may indicate emerging risk; and

by monitoring and mitigating the risks of unplanned service withdrawal.