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Commissioner may agree to the applicant submitting alternative documents or information to assist consideration of the application.

6.      Feedback on a self-assessment

    (1)   To help encourage continuous improvement in the quality and safety of behaviour support services, the application form provides for the applicant to ask for feedback from the Commissioner on the applicant's self-assessment (if any).

    (2)   If on the application form the applicant does ask for feedback the Commissioner will provide it when the Commissioner informs the applicant of the outcome of the application (as referred to in section 8 below) or as soon as reasonably practical after that.

    (3)   Any feedback that the Commissioner provides is not, and is not to be regarded or presented as, endorsement of the applicant's self-assessment or any aspect of it.

7.      Consideration of the application

    (1)   As soon as reasonably practicable after receiving an application the Commissioner will consider it and the documents submitted with it.

    (2)   As part of that consideration, the Commissioner may do any one or more of the following things:
      (a)    ask the applicant to clarify or expand on information submitted by the applicant
      (b)   if the applicant submitted a self-assessment—ask the applicant to provide the original or a copy of some or all of any portfolio of evidence prepared in support of the self-assessment
      (c)    if the applicant submitted a self-assessment with the application—contact the person (if any) who endorsed the self-assessment to discuss the self-assessment, its endorsement and any other matter relevant to the applicant's suitability
      (d)   if the applicant had a supervision agreement—contact the person with whom the applicant had the agreement to discuss the supervision of the applicant under that agreement and any other matter relevant to the applicant's suitability
      (e)    ask the applicant to submit additional information relevant to the applicant's suitability
      (f)    have regard to any other information held by or provided to the Commission that is relevant to the applicant's suitability.

              Note:               The Commissioner's collection, disclosure and use of information is subject to applicable provisions of the NDIS Act and the Privacy Act 1988.

    (3)   If, after considering the application, the Commissioner intends to decide that the applicant is not suitable, where reasonably practicable before making that decision the Commissioner will:
      (a)    notify the applicant, in writing, that this is the Commissioner's intention and why; and
      (b)   give the applicant a specified period within which to respond before the Commissioner decides the application.

8.      Outcome of the application

    (1)   After the Commissioner has completed consideration of the application (including any response as referred to in subsection 7(3) received within the specified period or any extension of that period agreed to by the Commissioner) the Commissioner will notify the applicant in