Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019N00116:reg:7:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019N00116
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 10172–13097

7  Change in the scale of the provider relating to registered classes of supports
       (1) Paragraph 13(1)(b) of the NDIS Provider Registration and Practice Standards Rules requires registered NDIS providers to give the Commissioner notice of a change in the scale of the provider relating to the supports or services the provider is registered to provide.
       (2)    A change in the scale of the provider includes a change to the geographical area in which the provider provides a support or service and a change to the locations at or from which the provider provides a support or service.
       (3)    The Commission System records the geographical area in which providers provide a support or service and the locations (referred to as outlets) at or from which the provider provides a support or service.  Registered NDIS providers are able to view this information by accessing the Commission System.
       (4) An outlet is described on the Commission System as either a physical outlet (such as a clinic, group centre or shopfront) or a mobile outlet (where the registered NDIS provider delivers supports and services in an NDIS participant's home or at other non-fixed addresses).
       Changes to geographical area
       (5)  The Commissioner considers that changes to the geographical area in which a provider provides a support or service include:
              (a)    The commencement of delivery of supports or services by the provider in a State or Territory in which the provider did not previously deliver any such supports or services;
              (b)    The cessation of delivery of all supports or services by the provider in a State or Territory in which the provider previously delivered such supports or services.
       Changes to service locations
       (6) The Commissioner considers that the following matters are changes to the location from which a provider provides a support or service which must be notified to the Commissioner:
              (a)    Changes to the provider's outlet details recorded in the Commission System including the address and the type of outlet (i.e. whether it is a mobile or physical outlet);
              (b)    The addition of new outlets from which the provider provides a support or service;
              (c)    The cessation of the provision of supports or services from an existing outlet from which the provider has been providing supports or services.

Example 1
Provider A applies to be registered to provide the following supports: Therapeutic Supports and Early Intervention supports for early childhood.
In its application for registration, Provider A advises the Commissioner that it delivers all of the supports it is seeking to be registered to provide from two outlets (shopfronts): one in the Northern Territory and one in South Australia.
After Provider A has been registered, it decides to close its Northern Territory shopfront outlet