Source: NDIS (Supports for Participants) Rules 2013

3.2

In deciding whether the support will be, or is likely to be, effective and beneficial for a participant, having regard to current good practice, the CEO is to consider the available evidence of the effectiveness of the support for others in like circumstances.

• That evidence may include:
  • (a) published and refereed literature and any consensus of expert opinion
  • (b) the lived experience of the participant or their carers;or
  • (c) anything the Agency has learnt through delivery of the NDIS.

3.3

In deciding whether the support will be, or is likely to be, effective and beneficial for a participant, having regard to current good practice, the CEO is to take into account, and if necessary seek, expert opinion.