The SIL registration deadline is 1 October 2026, and what falls due that day is a lodged application, not a completed registration. If you were delivering supported independent living before 1 July 2026 and you apply before 1 October, you may keep delivering SIL until the NDIS Commission decides your application. The Rules set no date by which registration must be finished.
New NDIS laws have now passed Parliament, and the NDIS changes for providers arrive in eight waves. The Bill passed on 19 August 2026, the Governor-General signed it on 20 August, and it is now Act No. 66 of 2026. This is law, not a proposal. The first wave starts on 27 August 2026 and brings a seven-year record-keeping duty backed by a civil penalty. The last wave lands in July 2028.
There are nine NDIS Practice Standards modules: the Core Module, seven supplementary modules (1, 2, 2A, 3, 4, 5 and 5A) and the Verification Module (Module 6), holding 70 standards between them. Which apply to you is set by the supports you register to deliver. The counts of four and six you see online are parts of the system: four is the Core Module's four parts, and six is the supplementary list before Module 5A.
How long does it take to become an NDIS provider? There is no single number, because registration is not one clock but three, running in sequence: your preparation, your auditor's queue, and the NDIS Commission's decision. Only the third is officially measured: a median of 36 days for new applications in January to March 2026. End to end, we see 4 to 6 months for verification and 8 to 12 months for certification.
An NDIS verification audit is a desktop audit only: one stage, off-site, reviewing your documentation. It applies to providers who deliver only low-risk, low-complexity supports. A certification audit runs two stages: that same desktop audit, plus an on-site stage with a site inspection and interviews with your staff and participants. Which audit you face is set by the supports you apply to deliver, not by choice.
There are 38 NDIS registration groups, numbered 0101 to 0138. A registration group is the class of support you are approved to deliver, and the mix you pick decides your audit: 23 of the 38 sit on the verification pathway and 15 on certification. Groups 0137 and 0138 were added to the Provider Registration Rules on 1 July 2026.
The Securing the NDIS for Future Generations Act 2026 is the federal government's main NDIS reform law for 2026. It passed both Houses on 19 August 2026 and received Royal Assent on 20 August 2026 as Act No. 66 of 2026. Its formal and transitional provisions commenced on assent; the first provider changes start seven days later, on 27 August 2026. For provider, plan-management, and support-coordination businesses, it reshapes registration, pricing, and plan management.
The NDIS Pricing Schedule 2026-27 is the NDIA's new pricing document, replacing the Pricing Arrangements and Price Limits (PAPL) from 1 July 2026. Disability support worker price limits rose 4.8% to $73.58 an hour, psychology rose 8.6% to $252.99, and dietetics, exercise physiology and the Other Professional rate were cut. Support coordination and plan management are frozen, and the Annual Pricing Review flags a 10% cut for unregistered community-participation providers from 1 January 2027.
From 1 July 2026, NDIS SIL registration becomes mandatory: providers delivering supported independent living (SIL) must be registered under a new registration group, 0138 – Assistance with supported independent living. The transition pathway you follow depends on your current registration status and whether you deliver SIL now or plan to in future. Providers already delivering SIL can keep operating during the transition, but must apply for registration by 1 October 2026 to continue.
NDIS provider registration cost in 2026 depends on the pathway your services require: Verification (low-risk) or Certification (high-risk core, with or without specialised services). First-year costs sit in three categories: Approved Quality Auditor fee, insurance, and preparation (documentation plus audit-readiness services). The NDIS Commission itself charges no registration fee. With the 1 July 2026 SIL deadline tightening auditor capacity, the cost of starting later includes the cost of the queue.
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