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NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME (WORKER SCREENING) REGULATIONS 2021 - REG 14

14 .         Prescribed fees

        (1)         In this regulation —

        Centrelink means the program known as Centrelink delivered by Services Australia;

        concessional applicant means an applicant who —

            (a)         holds 1 or more of the following cards issued by Centrelink —

                  (i)         a health care card;

                  (ii)         a low income health care card;

                  (iii)         a pensioner concession card;

                  (iv)         a Commonwealth seniors health card;

                or

            (b)         holds any other card issued by Centrelink or the Department of Veterans’ Affairs that certifies entitlement to Commonwealth health concessions;

        Department of Veterans’ Affairs means the department of State of the Commonwealth assisting in the administration of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 (Commonwealth);

        Services Australia means the Commonwealth agency known as Services Australia.

        (2)         For the purposes of section 10(3)(b), the fee for an application for an NDIS worker check clearance is —

            (a)         if the applicant is, or is to be, remunerated for any of the NDIS work that the person is, or is proposed to be, engaged in (including as a self‑employed person or as a contractor or subcontractor) —

                  (i)         if the applicant is a concessional applicant — $80; or

                  (ii)         otherwise — $145;

                or

            (b)         if paragraph (a) does not apply — $11.

        (3)         For the purposes of section 28(5)(b), the fee for an application for the cancellation of an NDIS worker check exclusion certificate is $145.

        (4)         For the purposes of section 46(2)(b), the fee for an application for an internal review of a designated decision is as follows —

            (a)         if the decision is imposing an interim bar under section 13 — $14.50;

            (b)         if the decision is refusing to grant an NDIS worker check clearance under section 15 — $36.25;

            (c)         if the decision is suspending an NDIS worker check clearance certificate under section 24 — $14.50;

            (d)         if the decision is cancelling an NDIS worker check clearance certificate under section 25(1) — $36.25;

            (e)         if the decision is refusing to cancel an NDIS worker check exclusion certificate under section 28 — $36.25.

        (5)         For the purposes of section 47(2)(b), the fee for an application for an extension of time for making an application for an internal review is $14.50.

        (6)         The CEO may reduce, waive or refund, in whole or in part, a fee referred to in subregulations (2) to (5) in a particular case if the CEO considers it appropriate to do so in the circumstances of the case.



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