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NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME (WORKER CHECKS) ACT 2018
- As at 29 November 2018
- Act 82 of 2018
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Name of Act
2. Commencement
3. Health, safety and well-being of people with disability to be paramount consideration
4. Interpretation--key definitions
5. Disqualified and presumptively disqualified persons
PART 2 - OBTAINING A CLEARANCE
Note
6. Making an application for a clearance
7. Certain persons not permitted to apply for clearance
8. Determination of application
9. Interim bar on applicant
10. Notice of proposed refusal of application
11. Notice of final decision granting or refusing clearance
12. Withdrawal of application
PART 3 - RISK ASSESSMENT
13. Nature of risk assessment
14. Requirement for risk assessment
15. Risk assessment of presumptively disqualified person
16. Matters to be considered in risk assessment
PART 4 - DURATION AND TERMINATION OF CLEARANCES
17. Duration of clearances
18. Requirement to notify change of particulars
19. Suspension of clearance
20. Cancellation of clearance
21. Surrender of clearance
PART 5 - INFORMATION GATHERING AND SHARING
Division 1 - Key concepts
22. Authorised persons
23. Relevant laws
24. Relevant risk of harm
25. Authorised purposes
26. NDIS purposes
27. Relevant information
Division 2 - Information gathering
28. Consent of applicant for clearance to obtaining and providing of information
29. Power to require information from applicant or clearance holder
30. Power to require information from other persons
Division 3 - Information sharing and use
31. General powers to obtain, provide and use information
32. Provision of information to NDIS employers and participants
33. Access to police information
34. Disclosure of court information
35. Power to retain relevant information indefinitely
Division 4 - Miscellaneous
36. Notification by reporting bodies of conduct requiring risk assessment
37. Information sharing for national register or database
38. Information sharing for research, monitoring and auditing purposes
39. Disclosure of information about offences
40. Disclosure of information to prevent significant harm
PART 6 - REVIEW OF DECISIONS
41. Administrative review of decisions
42. Non-reviewable decisions
43. Effect of pending application on reviewable decision
44. Protection of criminal intelligence
45. Fee for internal review
PART 7 - MISCELLANEOUS
46. Act to bind Crown
47. Effect of Act on other rights and procedures
48. Protection from liability
49. Offence of providing false information
50. Unauthorised disclosure or dishonest collection of information
51. Evidentiary certificates
52. Failure to give notice of decisions
53. Public awareness and advice functions
54. Monitoring and auditing functions
55. Fees
56. Proceedings for offences
57. Penalty notices
58. Offences by corporations
59. Service of documents
60. Regulations
SCHEDULE 1
Schedule 2 (Repealed)
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