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Dear Alayna,

Thank you for your email received by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards
Commission (NDIS Commission) on 6 February 2025, in which you requested
access to documents under the Commonwealth Freedom of Information Act
1982 (FOI Act). 

Your request for documents

You have requested access to the following documents:

“Concerning the registration of companies that offer applied behaviour
analysis (ABA) services or companies that predominately employ
practitioners with ABA qualifications, either in the early intervention,
therapy support, or behaviour support categories”.

Timeline

The statutory period for processing your request is 30 days commencing
from the day after your request was received. The due date for a decision
on access is 10 March 2025.

The 30-day period may be extended under certain conditions, for instance
where documents contain information regarding third parties and
consultation is required. We will advise you if this happens and of any
adjustment to the request due date.

Possible third-party consultation

If consultation with third-parties is required for any documents in scope
of your request, can you please advise whether you consent to be
identified as the FOI applicant for the purposes of that consultation.
Your consent is voluntary, however it can assist third parties to form
their views on release if they can know who is requesting access to their
information.

Removal of irrelevant information

Section 22 of the FOI Act provides for the removal of material that is not
relevant to the scope of a request. Where you are not specifically seeking
personal information in the scope of your request, the personal
information of Commission staff below Senior Executive Service (SES)
level, and the personal information of other individuals will be treated
as irrelevant material and removed from the documents. We also propose to
remove duplicate documents and provide the final email in any email
chains.

Next steps

Can you now please respond to this email and

o confirm whether you consent to be identified as the FOI applicant for
the purposes of any third-party consultation that may be required, and
o confirm that you do not seek the personal information of staff below
SES level and consent to the removal of duplicate documents and the
provision of the final email in any email chains.

Please provide you response by COB 11 February 2025.

Please let us know if you have any questions about the FOI process or
would like to discuss this email.

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information Unit

Internal Integrity Unit | Legal Services and Internal Integrity Division

E:  [1][NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission request email] | W: [2]www.ndiscommission.gov.au

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