48Requirements in relation to new staff members and volunteers

48 Requirements in relation to new staff members and volunteers

(1) An approved provider must not allow a person to become a staff member of the approved provider, or a volunteer for the approved provider, unless the approved provider is satisfied that subsection (2) or (3) applies to the person. Police certificates (2) This subsection applies to a person if: (a) subject to subsection 49(1), there is for the person a police certificate that is dated not more than 3 years before the day on which the person would first become a staff member or volunteer; and (b) the police certificate does not record that the person has been: (i) convicted of murder or sexual assault; or (ii) convicted of, and sentenced to imprisonment for, any other form of assault; and (c) for a person who has been, at any time after turning 16, a citizen or permanent resident of a country other than Australia—the person has made a statutory declaration stating that the person has never been: (i) convicted of murder or sexual assault; or (ii) convicted of, and sentenced to imprisonment for, any other form of assault. NDIS worker screening clearances (3) This subsection applies to a person if: (a) subject to subsection 49(2), the person has an NDIS worker screening clearance that: (i) was issued not more than 5 years before the day on which the person would first become a staff member or volunteer; and (ii) is not suspended; and (b) for a person who has been, at any time after turning 16, a citizen or permanent resident of a country other than Australia—the person has made a statutory declaration stating that the person has never been: (i) convicted of murder or sexual assault; or (ii) convicted of, and sentenced to imprisonment for, any other form of assault.