NDIS Practice Standards
Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living
m5a-6.2 SIL tenancy and support agreements: understanding they are legally separate
Clause and reference m5a-6.2, our reference for this requirement in the NDIS Practice Standards and Quality Indicators
The requirement
Each participant receiving both SIL and tenancy from the same provider is supported to understand the difference between the service and tenancy agreements, that they are legally separate and neither depends on the other, and workers refer participants to independent advocacy or legal help to understand their rights.
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
- File notes recording explanation of the separation of agreements
- Accessible information sheet stating that the tenancy does not depend on the SIL agreement
- Referral records to independent advocacy or legal services
What assessors commonly find
- Participant believes leaving the SIL provider ends the tenancy
- No advocacy referral offered
What evidence do I need?
For m5a-6.2 SIL tenancy and support agreements: understanding they are legally separate, the evidence to bring is: File notes recording explanation of the separation of agreements. It sits under Module 5A: Assistance with supported independent living and our reference for it is m5a-6.2. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me file notes recording explanation of the separation of agreements, 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