49Arrangements for new staff members or volunteers who do not yet have a police certificate or an NDIS worker screening clearance

49 Arrangements for new staff members or volunteers who do not yet have a police certificate or an NDIS worker screening clearance

Police certificates (1) Despite paragraph 48(2)(a), an approved provider may allow a person to become a staff member of the approved provider, or a volunteer for the approved provider, if: (a) a police certificate has not been issued for the person; and (b) the care or other service to be provided by the person is essential; and (c) an application for a police certificate for the person has been made before the day on which the person would first become a staff member or volunteer; and (d) until the police certificate is issued, the person will be subject to appropriate supervision during periods when the person has access to care recipients; and (e) the person makes 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 (2) Despite paragraph 48(3)(a), an approved provider may allow a person to become a staff member of the approved provider, or a volunteer for the approved provider, if: (a) the person is in the process of obtaining an NDIS worker screening clearance; and (b) the care or other service to be provided by the person is essential; and (c) until the person has an NDIS worker screening clearance, the person will be subject to appropriate supervision during periods when the person has access to care recipients; and (d) the person makes 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.