Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00396:reg:4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00396
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 1/5)
Character Range: 9099–12206

4  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 9 of the Act, including the following:
(a) National Disability Insurance Scheme rules;
(b) NDIS Practice Standards;
(c) NDIS provider;
(d) nominee;
(e) participant;
(f) plan;
(g) restrictive practice.
  In this instrument:
              Act means the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013.
Approved quality auditor means a person or body approved by the Commissioner under section 73U of the Act.
Audit duration means the part of the audit time spent conducting audit activities, from opening meeting to closing meeting, inclusive.
Auditor means a person employed, contracted or otherwise engaged by the approved quality auditor to conduct an audit. An auditor includes an auditor‑in‑training but does not include a consumer technical expert.
Auditor‑in‑training is a newly qualified auditor with less than 4 supervised (by an audit team leader) audits performed over a 12 month period.
Audit team means a team of auditors and other personnel established by an approved quality auditor to conduct an audit.

       Audit team leader is an experienced auditor who is qualified to lead audit teams and to supervise auditors‑in‑training.

       Audit time means the total time needed to plan and accomplish a complete and effective audit against the applicable standards and other requirements within the scope of audit, and is exclusive of time spent reporting to the Commission.
              Behaviour support plan means:
 (a) a comprehensive behaviour support plan; or
 (b) an interim behaviour support plan.

       Certification audit means an audit for the purposes of ascertaining whether an NDIS provider meets the applicable standards using the certification assessment method described in section 5 of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Provider Registration and Practice Standards) Rules 2018.

       Certification Body or CB means a body that has received accreditation by JAS‑ANZ against this Scheme, towards becoming an approved quality auditor.

       Clinical means a bodily procedure or intervention that requires a measured level of competency.

       Commission System means the online system or portal that the Commission, approved quality auditors and NDIS providers will use for the purposes of the Act, including the accessing and maintenance of records of registration.

       Commission means the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, which is established under section 181A of the Act.

       Commissioner means the Commissioner of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.

       Consent is where a participant provides written consent for an approved quality auditor and their auditors and personnel to access the participant's records, discuss the participant's supports or make contact with them, and then disclose those records containing personal information to the Commission. A request for consent is the responsibility of the NDIS provider, and a participant has the right to decline consent for auditing purposes.

       Consumer technical expert means a