Registration to Work with Vulnerable People (Risk Assessment for NDIS Endorsed Activities) Order 2020
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(1) In this order –
applicant means a person who has applied for registration under the Act in the category of registration that is child and vulnerable adult-related (NDIS endorsed) activity;
NDIS means the National Disability Insurance Scheme, established by the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 of the Commonwealth;
NDIS-registered person means a person who is registered under the Act in the category of registration that is child and vulnerable adult-related (NDIS endorsed) activity;
NDIS-relevant offence means –
(a) a relevant offence within the meaning of the Act; and
(b) a presumed exclusion offence; and
(c) an offence specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1 or a substantially similar offence under a corresponding law;
presumed exclusion offence means an offence specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 or a substantially similar offence under a corresponding law.
(2) Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression that is used in this order and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Provider Registration and Practice Standards) Rules 2018 or the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Practice Standards - Worker Screening) Rules 2018 of the Commonwealth has, in this order, the same meaning respectively as in those rules.
(3) The Acts Interpretation Act 1931 applies to the interpretation of this order as if this order were by-laws.