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Primary source

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Act 2026, C2026A00066, No. 66, 2026. Assented 20 August 2026 and registered 21 August 2026. Read at https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026A00066/latest/text on 21 October 2026. The PDF of the same version is at https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026A00066/asmade/2026-08-21/text/original/pdf. The register entry is at https://api.prod.legislation.gov.au/v1/titles/C2026A00066.

Status of the instrument

The register records the Act as in force. Where the Act leaves a matter to the National Disability Insurance Scheme rules, a determination or a deed, this site names the dependency and does not state the content of that instrument.

The provisions on this site

• The statutory review

  section 4, Review of amendments, Act Review of amendments, commencing 20 August 2026. Official text

• Access requests get 90 days

  section 20(2)(a), amended by item 14, Schedule 3 Part 3, Minor amendments, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• Agency information stays protected

  section 67G, substituted by item 102, Schedule 2 Part 7, Immunity from producing documents or information, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• Automated administrative action

  sections 59B to 59E, inserted by item 11, Schedule 3 Part 2, Automation of administrative action, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• Civil penalties and the CEO's powers

  Part 3C of Chapter 4 and the new civil penalty provisions, inserted by item 33, Schedule 2 Part 2, Civil penalties and regulatory powers, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• Do not pay while the notice stands

  subsections 114(5) and 114(7), inserted by item 57, Schedule 2 Part 2, Civil penalties and regulatory powers, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• Fraud offences and serious contraventions

  Division 4 of Part 1 of Chapter 4, substituted by item 106, Schedule 2 Part 9, Additional penalties for fraudulent conduct, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• Functional capacity defined

  section 9B, inserted by item 4, Schedule 1 Part 1, Defining functional capacity, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• Information notices and inspection

  sections 53, 54, 73ZSA and 73ZSB, amended by items 11, 12, 33, 76 to 81, Schedule 2 Parts 2 and 3, Information gathering powers, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• Keep claim records for 7 years

  section 45B, inserted by item 83, Schedule 2 Part 4, Retention of records, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• Maximum prices and indexation

  sections 45C, 32KA, 32KB and 34B, inserted by items 3, 4 and 1A, Schedule 3 Part 1, Decision making on pricing, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• New framework planning

  sections 32B, 32D, 32H, 32K and 32L, amended by items 1 to 14, Schedule 4 New framework planning, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• Support must arise directly

  section 34(1)(aa), amended by item 31, Schedule 1 Part 3, Strengthen link between an impairment and need for support, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• Tell the CEO within 7 days

  subsections 110(3) and 110(4), inserted by item 52, Schedule 2 Part 2, Civil penalties and regulatory powers, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• Unscheduled reassessments limited

  section 48 amended, and section 48A inserted, by items 18 and 21, Schedule 1 Part 2, Limit unscheduled plan reassessments, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• Who counts as an NDIS provider

  section 10C, inserted by item 3, Schedule 2 Part 1, Registration of NDIS providers, commencing 27 August 2026. Official text

• Funding reduced by determination

  section 34A and section 47B, inserted by items 34 and 34A, Schedule 1 Part 4, Support determinations, commencing 1 October 2026. Official text

• Suspension for a missing participant

  section 40A and section 30(1A), inserted by items 79 and 83, Schedule 1 Part 7, Plan suspension etc., commencing 1 October 2026. Official text

• Inducements to participants banned

  section 73VA, inserted by item 104, Schedule 2 Part 8, Prohibition on inducements, commencing 20 November 2026. Official text

• Claims fall to 90 days

  section 45A(5)(a), amended by item 89, Schedule 2 Part 5, Reducing claim times, commencing 1 December 2026. Official text

• Plans renew automatically

  section 50A, inserted by item 50, Schedule 1 Part 5, Plan renewal, commencing 1 February 2027. Official text

• Reasonable and necessary rewritten

  sections 17B, 34(1)(g) and 34(1A) to (1K), inserted by items 65 to 74, Schedule 1 Part 6, Reasonable and necessary supports, commencing 1 February 2027. Official text

• Debt notices before recovery

  section 182A, inserted by item 28, Schedule 3 Part 5, Debt recovery, commencing 20 February 2027. Official text

• Whistleblower protections widen

  sections 73ZA to 73ZDAA, amended by items 20 to 27, Schedule 3 Part 4, Whistleblower protections, commencing 1 July 2027. Official text

• Other compensation excludes access

  section 25B, inserted by item 97, Schedule 1 Part 9, Eligibility based on access to other services, commencing 1 January 2028. Official text

• Permanence needs treatment first

  subsections 24(5) and 25(1B) and section 25A, inserted by items 88 to 93, Schedule 1 Part 8, Tightening meaning of permanence, commencing 1 January 2028. Official text

• Plan managers need a deed

  sections 73EA and 73EB, inserted by items 97 and 98, Schedule 2 Part 6, Registered plan management providers, commences by Proclamation, with 1 September 2028 as the fallback calculation. Official text

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