Disability Services Act 2006
sec.56Engaging person with suspended NDIS clearance or interstate NDIS clearance, or subject to interim bar, prohibited
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sec.56 Engaging person with suspended NDIS clearance or interstate NDIS clearance, or subject to interim bar, prohibited
This section applies if— a person— holds an NDIS clearance that is suspended under division 6 ; or holds an interstate NDIS clearance that is suspended under a corresponding law; or is subject to an interim bar; and an NDIS service provider knows, or ought reasonably to know, the person’s NDIS clearance or interstate NDIS clearance is suspended or the interim bar is in effect for the person. The NDIS service provider must not— if the person is engaged by the service provider under an existing arrangement to carry out NDIS disability work for the service provider—allow the person to carry out work that is NDIS disability work; or otherwise—start to engage the person to carry out NDIS disability work. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment. See sections 84 (3) and 113 (3) for the restrictions on terminating a person’s employment solely or mainly because the person’s clearance is suspended or an interim bar is in effect for the person. s 56 prev s 56 om 2014 No. 12 s 56 pres s 56 amd 2009 No. 24 s 51; 2010 No. 5 s 98; 2016 No. 9 s 16 ; 2018 No. 19 s 7 ; 2019 No. 19 s 81 sch 1 sub 2020 No. 39 s 11 (sec.56-ssec.1) This section applies if— a person— holds an NDIS clearance that is suspended under division 6 ; or holds an interstate NDIS clearance that is suspended under a corresponding law; or is subject to an interim bar; and an NDIS service provider knows, or ought reasonably to know, the person’s NDIS clearance or interstate NDIS clearance is suspended or the interim bar is in effect for the person. (sec.56-ssec.2) The NDIS service provider must not— if the person is engaged by the service provider under an existing arrangement to carry out NDIS disability work for the service provider—allow the person to carry out work that is NDIS disability work; or otherwise—start to engage the person to carry out NDIS disability work. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment. See sections 84 (3) and 113 (3) for the restrictions on terminating a person’s employment solely or mainly because the person’s clearance is suspended or an interim bar is in effect for the person.
- (a) a person— (i) holds an NDIS clearance that is suspended under division 6 ; or (ii) holds an interstate NDIS clearance that is suspended under a corresponding law; or (iii) is subject to an interim bar; and
- (i) holds an NDIS clearance that is suspended under division 6 ; or
- (ii) holds an interstate NDIS clearance that is suspended under a corresponding law; or
- (iii) is subject to an interim bar; and
- (b) an NDIS service provider knows, or ought reasonably to know, the person’s NDIS clearance or interstate NDIS clearance is suspended or the interim bar is in effect for the person.