National Disability Insurance Scheme (Worker Checks) Act 2018
21Surrender of clearance
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21 Surrender of clearance
21 Surrender of clearance
(1) The holder of a clearance may at any time request cancellation of the clearance by notice in writing to the Screening Agency in the form approved by the Screening Agency.
(2) The Screening Agency must, as soon as practicable after receiving the request, cancel the clearance except in the following circumstances (and must refuse to cancel the clearance in those circumstances)—
(a) the clearance, or a clearance held by the person under a corresponding law, is suspended,
(b) the Screening Agency is undertaking or is proposing to undertake a risk assessment of the holder.
(3) The Screening Agency may give written notice of the cancellation of a clearance under this section to any person that the Screening Agency reasonably believes to be a notifiable person in relation to the holder of the clearance.