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DISABILITY SERVICES AND OTHER LEGISLATION (WORKER SCREENING) AMENDMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 52

Insertion of new s 344C

52 Insertion of new s 344C

After section 344B
insert—

344C Notifying self-managed NDIS participant about particular matters
(1) This section applies if—
(a) a child is an NDIS participant; and
(b) a relevant person for the child gives the chief executive written notice that a stated person carrying on an NDIS regulated business is delivering NDIS supports or services to the child.
(2) The chief executive may give the child, a person with parental responsibility for the child or the child’s plan manager a written notice about any of the following matters—
(a) if a working with children check application made by the person is decided—that fact and whether the person was issued a working with children authority or negative notice;
(b) if a working with children authority held by the person expires or is suspended or cancelled—the expiry, suspension or cancellation;
(c) if, under section 339(3), the chief executive is required to give a notifiable person for the person a notice about a change in police information about the person—the change in the police information.
(3) A notice about a matter mentioned in subsection (2)(c) must include only the information about the change in the police information that the chief executive is required to give a notifiable person for the person under section 339(3).
(4) In this section—

"NDIS participant" means a participant in the national disability insurance scheme under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) .

"NDIS regulated business" means a regulated business mentioned in schedule 1, section 16A.

"parental responsibility" see the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) , section 75.

"plan manager" , for a child who is an NDIS participant, means a person other than the child who is managing the funding for supports under the child’s plan within the meaning of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) , section 42.

"relevant person" , for a child who is an NDIS participant, means—
(a) the child; or
(b) a person with parental responsibility for the child; or
(c) the child’s plan manager; or
(d) a person who carries on an NDIS regulated business that includes delivering NDIS supports or services to the child.



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