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Allied Health NDIS Audit Checklist: worksheet

Keep the Commissioner updated with significant new information

NDIS Incident Management and Reportable Incidents Rules. Edition held: NDIS (Incident Management and Reportable Incidents) Rules 2018, F2018L00633 as made, in force 1 July 2018 (no amendments); checked current on 6 October 2026 (Federal Register: latest version on 6 October 2026).

Standards library: https://compliance.theartofservice.com/frameworks/australia-ndis-incident-management-and-reportable-incidents-rules-2018. Page: https://allied-health-ndis-audit-checklist.theartofservice.com/rules/ndis-incident-management-rules/s23-keep-the-commissioner-updated-with-significant-new/

RefRequirement (our statement of the clause)Evidence an auditor or the regulator asks forCommon gap to checkHeld (yes, partly, no, not applicable)Where it is keptOwnerLast reviewedNext review
s 23After notifying, the provider must tell the Commissioner in writing, as soon as reasonably practicable, of significant new information that changes the kind of reportable incident or is a further reportable incident; a notice of a further incident under this section counts as its section 20 or 21 notification.
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2018L00633/latest/text
Written update notifications with dates; Incident file showing when new information arose and when it was reported; Procedure step requiring review of open notifications when facts changeIncident category changed internally but not reported to the Commission; Further incidents discovered in an investigation not notified☐ yes
☐ partly
☐ no
☐ n/a

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