Registration to Work with Vulnerable People (Risk Assessment for NDIS Endorsed Activities) Order 2020
5Matters to be taken into account when conducting risk assessment
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5 Matters to be taken into account when conducting risk assessment
(1) When conducting a risk assessment, or additional risk assessment, of an applicant or NDIS-registered person, respectively, the Registrar may take into account the following matters:
(a) a matter specified in clause 5 of the Registration to Work with Vulnerable People (Risk Assessment for Child-related Activities) Order 2014 ;
(b) a matter specified in any risk assessment manual prepared for the purposes of worker screening under the NDIS, published by the Commonwealth, as amended from time to time;
(c) whether the applicant or NDIS-registered person has been charged with, or convicted of, an NDIS-relevant offence.
(2) When conducting an additional risk assessment of an NDIS-registered person, the Registrar may also take into account the matters specified in section 28(1A) of the Act.
(3) The matters referred to in subclauses (1) and (2) are to be taken into account in conducting a risk assessment, or an additional risk assessment, by considering the nature of the behaviour, or alleged behaviour, of the applicant, or NDIS-registered person, that is relevant to the matters referred to in these subclauses.