NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation
m5-4.2 SDA conflict of interest: conflicts managed and documented proactively
Clause and reference m5-4.2, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Perceived and actual conflicts of interest are identified early, actively managed and written down.
Our wording of the requirement: our statement of what the clause asks, not the instrument verbatim. Source: NDIS Practice Standards on the compliance desk.
The evidence to bring
- Conflict of interest register with each declared conflict, the controls applied and review dates
- Declarations of interest by directors and managers who also hold roles in support provider entities
- Minutes showing conflicted persons stepping out of related decisions
What assessors commonly find
- Register empty although the same group owns the dwelling and delivers SIL
- Conflicts declared once and never reviewed
What evidence do I need?
For m5-4.2 SDA conflict of interest: conflicts managed and documented proactively, the evidence to bring is: Conflict of interest register with each declared conflict, the controls applied and review dates. It sits under Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation and our reference for it is m5-4.2. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me conflict of interest register with each declared conflict, the controls applied and review dates, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
That is the question a quality assessor opens with for this requirement. Have the record on the desk and the date it was last reviewed to hand.
Read your own evidence against this clause
Paste your policy or evidence pack and the reading marks, line by line, whether a phrase from this requirement appears and quotes your own words when it does. It is a reading of your text, not a compliance result; a quality assessor decides whether a requirement is met. Read your pack, free See the paid reading