Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01220:reg:49
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01220
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 49
Character Range: 68340–70115

49  Arrangements for new staff members or volunteers who do not yet have a police certificate or an NDIS worker screening clearance

Police certificates
 (1) Despite paragraph 48(2)(a), an approved provider may allow a person to become a staff member of the approved provider, or a volunteer for the approved provider, if:
 (a) a police certificate has not been issued for the person; and
 (b) the care or other service to be provided by the person is essential; and
 (c) an application for a police certificate for the person has been made before the day on which the person would first become a staff member or volunteer; and
 (d) until the police certificate is issued, the person will be subject to appropriate supervision during periods when the person has access to care recipients; and
 (e) the person makes a statutory declaration stating that the person has never been:
 (i) convicted of murder or sexual assault; or
 (ii) convicted of, and sentenced to imprisonment for, any other form of assault.

NDIS worker screening clearances
 (2) Despite paragraph 48(3)(a), an approved provider may allow a person to become a staff member of the approved provider, or a volunteer for the approved provider, if:
 (a) the person is in the process of obtaining an NDIS worker screening clearance; and
 (b) the care or other service to be provided by the person is essential; and
 (c) until the person has an NDIS worker screening clearance, the person will be subject to appropriate supervision during periods when the person has access to care recipients; and
 (d) the person makes a statutory declaration stating that the person has never been:
 (i) convicted of murder or sexual assault; or
 (ii) convicted of, and sentenced to imprisonment for, any other form of assault.