Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00396:reg:4:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00396
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 3/5)
Character Range: 14880–17844

Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand being the body responsible for the accreditation of Certification Bodies (CBs) against this Approved Quality Auditors Scheme to inform the Commissioner's decision relating to the approval of an approved quality auditor.
Mid‑term audit means an audit conducted for the purposes of section 13B of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Provider Registration and Practice Standards) Rules 2018 (see section 21 of this instrument).
Modified NDIS RAC audit – see section 5A.
Modified NDIS RAC audit pathway– see section 5A.
NDIS behaviour support practitioner means a person the Commissioner considers is suitable to undertake behaviour support assessments (including functional behavioural assessments) and to develop behaviour support plans that may contain the use of restrictive practices.
NDIS provider has the meaning under section 9 of the Act.
Nominee has the meaning given under section 9 of the Act.
Outcomes are the elements of quality support which should be achieved for people with disability receiving support, identified through the NDIS Practice Standards.
Participant has the meaning given under section 9 of the Act.
Note: For the purposes of the Scheme and the NDIS Practice Standards, where a participant is supported by a nominee or decision maker (such as a family member), where the context requires the term 'participant' should be read as including the nominee or decision maker.
Proportionality means having regard to the matters set out in subsection 5(1A) of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Provider Registration and Practice Standards) Rules 2018.
Provisional audit is an audit conducted when a new provider is entering the NDIS market, but they do not yet have any participants for the particular registration class.
Qualified certification decision means the outcome of a provisional audit as described in section 27(3) of this instrument.
Registration renewal date means the registration expiry date (or the last date of the period of registration) listed on a registered NDIS provider's certificate of registration, and is the date before which an application for registration under section 73C of the Act must be commenced in the Commission's system in order for the registered NDIS provider's registration to continue in accordance with section 73K of the Act until the Commissioner makes a decision on the application.
Registration classes (sometimes known as registration groups) are the classes (or groups) of supports and services being delivered under the NDIS categorised into registration classes depending on the type of service or support delivered to participants by the NDIS provider as set out in the table at section 20 of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Provider Registration and Practice Standards) Rules 2018.
  Regulated restrictive practice means a restrictive practice that is or involves any of the following:
 (a) seclusion, which is