Disability Services Act 2006
sec.52Meaning of notifiable person
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sec.52 Meaning of notifiable person
Each of the following is a notifiable person for a person— if the chief executive is aware that an NDIS service provider engages, or proposes to engage, the person to carry out NDIS disability work—the NDIS service provider; if the chief executive is aware that a funded service provider engages, or proposes to engage, the person to carry out State disability work—the funded service provider; another entity prescribed by regulation to be a notifiable person for the person. Subsection (3) applies for a person if— the person delivers NDIS supports or services to an NDIS participant as— an NDIS sole trader; or a person engaged by an NDIS service provider to deliver the supports or services; and the Agency is not wholly managing the funding for supports under the NDIS participant’s plan; and the chief executive is notified, or otherwise becomes aware, that the person is delivering the NDIS supports or services to the NDIS participant. Each of the following is also a notifiable person for the person— the NDIS participant; another person recognised by the chief executive as a person with the authority or responsibility to act for the NDIS participant in relation to the participant’s plan, other than the Agency. In this section— Agency see the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) , section 9 . managing the funding for supports , under an NDIS participant’s plan, see the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) , section 42 . NDIS participant means a person who is a participant in the national disability insurance scheme under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) . plan , for an NDIS participant, means the NDIS participant’s plan under the national disability insurance scheme. s 52 prev s 52 om 2014 No. 12 s 56 pres s 52 amd 2010 No. 5 s 94; 2016 No. 9 s 15 ; 2016 No. 63 s 1157 sch 6 ; 2018 No. 19 s 6 ; 2019 No. 19 s 81 sch 1 sub 2020 No. 39 s 11 (sec.52-ssec.1) Each of the following is a notifiable person for a person— if the chief executive is aware that an NDIS service provider engages, or proposes to engage, the person to carry out NDIS disability work—the NDIS service provider; if the chief executive is aware that a funded service provider engages, or proposes to engage, the person to carry out State disability work—the funded service provider; another entity prescribed by regulation to be a notifiable person for the person. (sec.52-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies for a person if— the person delivers NDIS supports or services to an NDIS participant as— an NDIS sole trader; or a person engaged by an NDIS service provider to deliver the supports or services; and the Agency is not wholly managing the funding for supports under the NDIS participant’s plan; and the chief executive is notified, or otherwise becomes aware, that the person is delivering the NDIS supports or services to the NDIS participant. (sec.52-ssec.3) Each of the following is also a notifiable person for the person— the NDIS participant; another person recognised by the chief executive as a person with the authority or responsibility to act for the NDIS participant in relation to the participant’s plan, other than the Agency. (sec.52-ssec.4) In this section— Agency see the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) , section 9 . managing the funding for supports , under an NDIS participant’s plan, see the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) , section 42 . NDIS participant means a person who is a participant in the national disability insurance scheme under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) . plan , for an NDIS participant, means the NDIS participant’s plan under the national disability insurance scheme.