Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.344CNotifying self-managed NDIS participant about particular matters
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sec.344C Notifying self-managed NDIS participant about particular matters
This section applies if— a child is an NDIS participant; and a relevant person for the child gives the chief executive written notice that a stated person carrying on an NDIS regulated business is delivering NDIS supports or services to the child. The chief executive may give the child, a person with parental responsibility for the child or the child’s plan manager a written notice about any of the following matters— if a working with children check application made by the person is decided—that fact and whether the person was issued a working with children authority or negative notice; if a working with children authority held by the person expires or is suspended or cancelled—the expiry, suspension or cancellation; if, under section 344AA (3) , the chief executive is required to give a notifiable person for the person a notice about a change in police information about the person—the change in the police information. A notice about a matter mentioned in subsection (2) (c) must include only the information about the change in the police information that the chief executive is required to give a notifiable person for the person under section 344AA (3) . In this section— NDIS participant means a participant in the national disability insurance scheme under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) . NDIS regulated business means a regulated business mentioned in schedule 1 , section 16A . parental responsibility see the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) , section 75 . plan manager , for a child who is an NDIS participant, means a person other than the child who is managing the funding for supports under the child’s plan within the meaning of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) , section 42 . relevant person , for a child who is an NDIS participant, means— the child; or a person with parental responsibility for the child; or the child’s plan manager; or a person who carries on an NDIS regulated business that includes delivering NDIS supports or services to the child. s 344C ins 2020 No. 39 s 52 amd 2022 No. 7 s 132 sch 1 (sec.344C-ssec.1) This section applies if— a child is an NDIS participant; and a relevant person for the child gives the chief executive written notice that a stated person carrying on an NDIS regulated business is delivering NDIS supports or services to the child. (sec.344C-ssec.2) The chief executive may give the child, a person with parental responsibility for the child or the child’s plan manager a written notice about any of the following matters— if a working with children check application made by the person is decided—that fact and whether the person was issued a working with children authority or negative notice; if a working with children authority held by the person expires or is suspended or cancelled—the expiry, suspension or cancellation; if, under section 344AA (3) , the chief executive is required to give a notifiable person for the person a notice about a change in police information about the person—the change in the police information. (sec.344C-ssec.3) A notice about a matter mentioned in subsection (2) (c) must include only the information about the change in the police information that the chief executive is required to give a notifiable person for the person under section 344AA (3) . (sec.344C-ssec.4) In this section— NDIS participant means a participant in the national disability insurance scheme under the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) . NDIS regulated business means a regulated business mentioned in schedule 1 , section 16A . parental responsibility see the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) , section 75 . plan manager , for a child who is an NDIS participant, means a person other than the child who is managing the funding for supports under the child’s plan within the meaning of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth) , section 42 . relevant person , for a child who is an NDIS participant, means— the child; or a person with parental responsibility for the child; or the child’s plan manager; or a person who carries on an NDIS regulated business that includes delivering NDIS supports or services to the child.