NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation
m5-6.1 SDA enrolment: dwellings meet design type, category and density requirements
Clause and reference m5-6.1, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
The provider has mechanisms to make sure each enrolled SDA dwelling meets the design type, design category and density restriction requirements of the SDA Conditions Rules.
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
- Dwelling enrolment certificates or NDIA enrolment confirmations for each dwelling
- SDA design certificates from an accredited SDA assessor stating design category and building type
- Register of enrolled dwellings showing design category, building type and number of residents
What assessors commonly find
- Number of residents exceeds the enrolled density
- Design certificate missing for a dwelling enrolled as new build
What evidence do I need?
For m5-6.1 SDA enrolment: dwellings meet design type, category and density requirements, the evidence to bring is: Dwelling enrolment certificates or NDIA enrolment confirmations for each dwelling. It sits under Module 5: Specialist disability accommodation and our reference for it is m5-6.1. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me dwelling enrolment certificates or NDIA enrolment confirmations for each dwelling, 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