Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019N00116:reg:15
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019N00116
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 15
Character Range: 31511–33959

15  Commissioner's actions in response to notice of changes or events
 (1) The Commissioner may take certain actions under the Act as a result of the types of changes or events of which notice is given by a registered NDIS provider in accordance with sections 13 or 13A of the NDIS Provider Registration and Practice Standards Rules. This may particularly apply where the occurrence of particular changes or events affecting a provider indicates a risk to participants or where the Commissioner is prompted to consider if he or she remains satisfied that the provider and the provider's key personnel are suitable to be, respectively, a registered NDIS provider and involved in the provision of the supports or services concerned.
 (2) The actions that the Commission may take include, but are not limited to, the following:
              (a)    Imposing, varying or revoking conditions to which the registration is subject under section 73G of the Act;
              (b)    Varying the registration of an NDIS provider under section 73L of the Act or prompting the registered NDIS provider to apply for a variation of registration under section 73M of the Act;
              (c)    Suspending the registration of a registered NDIS provider under section 73N of the Act;
              (d)    Revoking the registration of a registered NDIS provider under section 73P of the Act;
              (e)    Making a banning order against a registered NDIS provider under section 73ZN of the Act;
              (f)     Other compliance and enforcement actions such as issuing a compliance notice.
 (3) Certain changes affecting a registered NDIS provider, such as the sale of a service or of the entity that is the provider, may have the effect that the provider's registration as a whole, or for a particular service, ceases and a new entity would need to apply to be registered to provide the supports or services before it can undertake those supports or services.
 (4) Registered NDIS providers seeking to add supports or services to the scope of their registration need to apply for a variation of registration in accordance with section 73M of the Act. Where a provider must be registered to provide those classes of supports, the provider must not commence providing those supports or services unless and until the Commissioner decides to vary the registration of the provider to extend the supports or services for which it is registered to provide.