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National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner Application) Guidelines 2020
made under subsection 181D(2) of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013.

Compilation No. 1

                      Compilation date: 10 January 2023

                      Includes amendments up to: National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner Application) Amendment (Publication of Suitability) Guidelines 2022 (F2023N00003)
About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS Behaviour Support Practitioner Application) Guidelines 2020 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 10/01/2023 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

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Modifications

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Self‑repealing provisions

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Contents
Part 1 – Preliminary
1. Name
3.   Authority
4.      Definitions
Part 2 – Applying to be considered suitable
5.      Making the application
6.      Feedback on a self-assessment
7.      Consideration of the application
8.      Outcome of the application
10.  Reconsideration of suitability
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history

       Introduction

The guidelines in this instrument describe a process that a person can use to apply to the Commissioner for the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission to be assessed as being an 'NDIS behaviour support practitioner' as defined by the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Restrictive Practices and Behaviour Support) Rules 2018 (Behaviour Support Rules). They also describe what the Commissioner will generally take into account in considering whether a person is an 'NDIS behaviour support practitioner'.

The Behaviour Support Rules (section 5) define