---
title: "Match Victorian restrictive-practice records to the authorisation"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/ndis-and-disability-law/reconcile-restrictive-practice-use-records-with-authorisations-and-month/victoria"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A55-P20261018-7-VIC"
practice_area: "NDIS & Disability Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["VIC"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Match Victorian restrictive-practice records to the authorisation

> From the use records, the authorisations and the reports the lawyer has selected, match each use to an authorisation for the same person, practice and period. List uses with no matching authorisation.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/ndis-and-disability-law/reconcile-restrictive-practice-use-records-with-authorisations-and-month/victoria  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [NDIS & Disability Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/ndis-and-disability-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the use records, the authorisations and the reports the lawyer has selected, match each use to an authorisation for the same person, practice and period. List uses with no matching authorisation. Do not decide that a use was a reportable incident. |
| What the lawyer must review | Match each use to the same person, practice and period Do not decide that an unmatched use is a reportable incident Keep NDIS authorisation separate from the state-funded path Health records stay in the firm tool |
| Written for | Victoria |
| Applies to | [Reconcile restrictive practice use records with authorisations and monthly reports](https://ailawframework.com/practice/ndis-and-disability-law/reconcile-restrictive-practice-use-records-with-authorisations-and-month.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The match uses the Victorian authorisation. A use with no written authorisation is listed. The lawyer decides the consequence.

- What the AI does: From the use records, the authorisations and the reports the lawyer has selected, match each use to an authorisation for the same person, practice and period. List uses with no matching authorisation. Do not decide that a use was a reportable incident.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer makes the legal assessment, checks the source material and authorises the output for its intended use.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in this practice area
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. An authorisation relied on for a registered NDIS provider is a written order of the Senior Practitioner under section 27(2)(g), or the approval the Senior Practitioner's page describes for that practice.
2. Do not match seclusion, mechanical restraint or physical restraint to an authorisation that the record limits to chemical or environmental restraint.
3. For an NDIS behaviour support plan, the Senior Practitioner authorises the regulated restrictive practice. The state-funded path, where an authorised program officer lodges the plan, is a different path.
4. List a use that has no matching authorisation. Do not classify it as lawful or as a reportable incident.

## Notes

- Section 27(5) requires written advice to the person or NDIS participant of an authorisation as soon as practicable. The directions sections cited on the Senior Practitioner page were not opened.
- The tool writes nothing on a report to the Commission or to the Senior Practitioner.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Victoria. Use records matched to a Senior Practitioner authorisation under the Disability Act 2006.

**Deliverable**: A match of each use to an authorisation, and a list of uses with no match.

**Inputs**

- Use records
- Authorisations
- Reports the lawyer has selected

**Example**: Illustrative example: Three use entries are matched to an authorisation for the same person and period. A fourth entry has no authorisation. It is listed and not classified. The lawyer decides what the list means.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The use record does not identify the person or the practice.
- The tool has labelled an unmatched use as a reportable incident.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Victorian Senior Practitioner: responsibilities](https://www.dffh.vic.gov.au/about-victorian-senior-practitioner) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Disability Act 2006 (Vic), section 27](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_act/da2006121/s27.html) (checked 2026-10-23)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*