C2026A00066NDIS Checker

Section 4

The review the Minister must cause

The Minister must cause an independent review of the amendments, run alongside the review of the 2024 amendments, covering access, outcomes, review rights, provider market viability, thin markets and foundational supports, and table the report within 15 sitting days.

What does the provision require?

Section 4 requires the Minister to arrange a review of how the Act's amendments have worked. The review has to run in parallel with the review required by section 4 of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Act 2024. The persons conducting it must be independent of the Agency and of the Department.

The review must consider access to the scheme, participant outcomes, including whether supports are continuous and of good quality, review and appeal rights under the Act, whether the provider market can survive and remain sustainable, service delivery in thin markets, and the interaction between these amendments and any foundational supports or linked systems. The reviewers must give the Minister a written report, and the Minister must cause a copy to be tabled in each House within 15 sitting days of receiving it.

Why does it matter to an insurer or a provider?

The review is the formal route through which the market effects of the Act will be examined, including provider viability and thin markets, which are the two questions an insurer's portfolio review will ask. It also puts review and appeal rights on the agenda, which matters where a decision has been automated or where a plan has renewed without a reassessment. A submission to the review is a legitimate way for an insurer or a broker to put portfolio evidence on the record.

What did the amendment change?

This is a new section. The 2024 Act had its own review provision; the new section ties this review to that one and names six matters the reviewers must consider.

Suggested evidence

These are the publisher's control suggestions, not statutory requirements. The provision's own requirement is above; an auditor or regulator decides what is sufficient.

  • The terms of reference and the appointment of the reviewers
  • The date the report was given to the Minister
  • The tabling date in each House
  • Any submission made by the organisation, and the evidence it relied on

What should be done before the date?

  1. Diarise the review as a route to raise portfolio evidence
  2. Prepare the provider viability data in a form a reviewer can use
  3. Track the tabling date for any change that follows

What the text does not say

The text does not set a date for the review to start or finish. It does not say whether submissions will be invited. It does not require the Minister to respond to the report.

Where this sits

section 4, Review of amendments in Act, Review of amendments (section 4). Read the official text at https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026A00066/latest/text. The record was read on 21 October 2026.

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