Section 181E — National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013: Commissioner’s core functions

The Commissioner’s core functions are as follows: (a) to uphold the rights of, and promote the health, safety and wellbeing of, people with disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the National Disability Insurance Scheme; (b) to develop a nationally consistent approach to managing quality and safeguards for people with disability receiving supports or services, including those received under the National Disability Insurance Scheme; (c) to promote the provision of advice, information, education and training to NDIS providers and people with disability; (d) to secure compliance with this Act through effective compliance and enforcement arrangements, including through the monitoring and investigation functions conferred on the Commissioner by Division 8 of Part 3A of Chapter 4; (e) to promote continuous improvement amongst NDIS providers and the delivery of progressively higher standards of supports and services to people with disability; (f) to develop and oversee the broad policy design for a nationally consistent framework relating to the screening of workers involved in the provision of supports and services to people with disability; (g) to provide advice or recommendations to the Agency or the Board in relation to the performance of the Agency’s functions; (h) to engage in, promote and coordinate the sharing of information to achieve the objects of this Act; (i) to provide NDIS market oversight, including: (i) by monitoring changes in the NDIS market which may indicate emerging risk; and (ii) by monitoring and mitigating the risks of unplanned service withdrawal.