Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a disclosure of information by a person (the discloser ) who is, in relation to an NDIS provider, any of the following:
(a) if the NDIS provider is a body corporate--an officer or employee of the body corporate, or a person who has a contract for the supply of goods or services to, or on behalf of, the body corporate;
(b) if the NDIS provider is an unincorporated association--a member of the committee of management or an employee of the association, or a person who has a contract for the supply of goods or services to, or on behalf of, the association;
(c) if the NDIS provider is a partnership--a partner in or an employee of the partnership, or a person who has a contract for the supply of goods or services to, or on behalf of, the partnership;
(d) in any case--a person with disability who is receiving a support or service from the NDIS provider, or a nominee, family member, carer, independent advocate or significant other of that person.
(2) The disclosure of the information by the discloser qualifies for protection under this Division if:
(a) the disclosure is made to one of the following:
(i) the Commissioner;
(ii) the Agency;
(iii) if the NDIS provider is a body corporate--a member of the key personnel of the body corporate;
(iv) if the NDIS provider is an unincorporated association--a member of the key personnel of the association;
(v) if the NDIS provider is a partnership--a partner; and
(b) the discloser informs the person to whom the disclosure is made of the discloser's name before making the disclosure; and
(c) the discloser has reasonable grounds to suspect that the information indicates that an NDIS provider has, or may have, contravened a provision of this Act; and
(d) the discloser makes the disclosure in good faith.
(3) In this section, officer has the same meaning as it has in the Corporations Act 2001 .