Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2017A00131:clause:1_181e
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2017A00131
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 181E
Character Range: 99952–101630

181E  Commissioner's core functions
  The Commissioner's core functions are as follows:
 (a) to uphold the rights of, and promote the health, safety and wellbeing of, people with disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the National Disability Insurance Scheme;
 (b) to develop a nationally consistent approach to managing quality and safeguards for people with disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the National Disability Insurance Scheme;
 (c) to promote the provision of advice, information, education and training to NDIS providers and people with disability;
 (d) to secure compliance with this Act through effective compliance and enforcement arrangements, including through the monitoring and investigation functions conferred on the Commissioner by Division 8 of Part 3A of Chapter 4;
 (e) to promote continuous improvement amongst NDIS providers and the delivery of progressively higher standards of supports and services to people with disability;
 (f) to develop and oversee the broad policy design for a nationally consistent framework relating to the screening of workers involved in the provision of supports and services to people with disability;
 (g) to provide advice or recommendations to the Agency or the Board in relation to the performance of the Agency's functions;
 (h) to engage in, promote and coordinate the sharing of information to achieve the objects of this Act;
 (i) to provide NDIS market oversight, including:
 (i) by monitoring changes in the NDIS market which may indicate emerging risk; and
 (ii) by monitoring and mitigating the risks of unplanned service withdrawal.