Making an application
10 Making an application
Subject to subsection (2), a person may apply to the CEO for an NDIS worker check clearance in accordance with this section if the person is engaged, or proposed to be engaged, in NDIS work.
An applicant must —
reside, or intend to reside, in this State; or
undertake, or intend to undertake, NDIS work in this State.
The application must be —
in the approved form; and
accompanied by the fee prescribed by the regulations.
The approved form must include provision for information —
for the purposes of identifying the applicant; and
about the person who has engaged, or who is proposing to engage, the applicant in NDIS work.
The approved form may require the provision of such other information as the CEO thinks fit.
The approved form may also provide for authorisation by the applicant of, and consent by the applicant to, the following —
the making of inquiries about the applicant by the CEO for an NDIS purpose;
the obtaining of relevant information about the applicant by the CEO from any person or body for an NDIS purpose;
the disclosure of relevant information about the applicant by the CEO to any person or body for an NDIS purpose.
An authorisation or consent under this section is not limited to operating for the purposes of an application for a clearance and extends to the making of inquiries, and the obtaining and disclosure of information or documents, in connection with and for the purposes of the ongoing monitoring of the holder of a clearance.
An authorisation or consent under this section does not require the applicant to be given notice of the making of inquiries or the obtaining or disclosure of information or documents pursuant to the authorisation or consent.
On receiving an application, the CEO may ask the applicant, by written notice or otherwise, to provide any further information or documents, within a reasonable specified period, that the CEO reasonably needs for the proper consideration of the application.
other requirements that apply in relation to an application or the consideration of an application; and
circumstances where an application is taken to be cancelled.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations
, The regulations may prescribe
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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