Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01222:reg:9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01222
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 9
Character Range: 16505–17660

9  Records about staff members and volunteers—police certificates and NDIS worker screening clearances etc.
  An approved provider must keep records that enable the provider to demonstrate that:
 (a) in accordance with Part 6 of the Accountability Principles 2014, there is for each person who is a staff member of the approved provider, or a volunteer for the approved provider, one of the following at all times during which the person remains a staff member or volunteer:
 (i) a police certificate that is not more than 3 years old;
 (ii) an NDIS worker screening clearance that is not more than 5 years old and is not suspended; and
 (b) for any period that a staff member or volunteer is allowed under Part 6 of the Accountability Principles 2014 to be without such a police certificate or NDIS worker screening clearance:
 (i) an application for a police certificate has been made; or
 (ii) the staff member or volunteer is in the process of obtaining an NDIS worker screening clearance; and
 (c) any statutory declaration required to be made by a staff member or volunteer under Part 6 of the Accountability Principles 2014 has in fact been made.