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capability framework: For NDIS providers and behaviour support practitioners, published by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, as existing on 1 October 2021.

            Note: The positive behaviour support capability framework could in 2021 be viewed on the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission website (https://www.ndiscommission.gov.au).

         PPE is short for personal protective equipment.

         service agreement means a written agreement between the provider and the participant on the supports to be provided and the conditions surrounding those supports.

         specialist behaviour support provider means a registered NDIS provider whose registration includes the provision of specialist behaviour support services.

         support network means family, friends, carers and other people who have a supportive relationship with a participant.

         support plan means a document developed in response to a request for supports by the Participant and an appropriately skilled professional within the provider organisation prior to the commencement of supports.

       4A  Interpretation

       References to providers and participants

        (1) A reference in this instrument to a provider includes a reference to a person who is applying to become a registered NDIS provider.

        (2) A reference in this instrument to a participant includes a reference to:
           (a) a prospective participant; and
           (b) a person with disability receiving supports or services from a provider under the arrangements set out in Chapter 2 of the Act; and
           (c) a person with disability receiving supports or services from a person included in a class of persons prescribed for the purposes of subparagraph (b)(ii) of the definition of NDIS provider in section 9 of the Act.

       References to participants providing consent

        (3) A reference in this instrument to a participant providing consent, includes a nominee providing consent on a participant's behalf.

       Expressions in this instrument to have the same meaning as in the NDIS Practice Standards Rules

        (4) Expressions used in this instrument have the same meaning as in the NDIS Practice Standards Rules.

        (5) Subsection (4) is subject to any contrary intention in this instrument.

       Part 2 – Core Module

       Division 1 – Rights and Responsibilities

       5  Quality indicators for NDIS Practice Standards—rights of participants and responsibilities of providers

         This Division sets out the quality indicators for the NDIS Practice Standards about rights of participants and responsibilities of providers, as follows.

Quality indicators: rights of participants and responsibilities of providers
Item                                                                          The quality indicators set out in this instrument at …  are for the NDIS Practice Standards set out in the NDIS Practice Standards Rules at …