Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) Unless an application is discontinued or is withdrawn, the Screening Agency must decide:
(a) to grant clearance to an applicant; or
(b) to refuse clearance to an applicant; or
(c) to impose an interim bar on the applicant.
(2) The Screening Agency must refuse clearance to an applicant:
(a) if the applicant is a disqualified person; or
(b) if, after the assessment of the application under section 22 , the Screening Agency determines that the applicant poses an unacceptable risk of harm to participants.
(3) The Screening Agency may refuse clearance if the Screening Agency is not satisfied that the applicant is or will be engaged to do NDIS work.
Note for subsections (2) and (3)
Division 5 applies if an applicant's clearance is refused.
(4) The Screening Agency must:
(a) notify an applicant, in writing, if the Screening Agency refuses clearance to the applicant; and
(b) notify the NDIS Commission if a clearance is refused to an applicant.