[no bill text published] Civil penalties and criminal offences for NDIS provider failures
National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2026
1st House
2nd House
Law
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
NDIS providers face civil penalties of 10,000 penalty units for serious contraventions involving significant failures.
A person commits a strict liability offence if they contravene rules regarding significant failures.
People providing false or misleading protected information to the Commission face civil penalties of 120 penalty units.
People who breach an anti-promotion order face civil penalties of 250 penalty units.
NDIS participants are considered withdrawn from the scheme if they do not cancel their request before the cooling-off period ends.
The NDIS Provider Register can now include the ABN and banning order details for unregistered NDIS providers.
The CEO of the Agency can treat certain documents as having been submitted within a specified period.