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    NDIS Platform Registration - Astris Law Brisbane commercial law firm

    NDIS platform and provider registration lawyer

    Mandatory registration commenced for supported independent living providers and NDIS digital platforms on 1 July 2026, and it is expanding to most of the unregistered sector from July 2027. Whether you are caught, when your deadline falls and what your compliance history means for your application are now questions with criminal penalties attached to the wrong answer.

    We act for platforms, providers and acquirers across the registration reform. One team, privileged advice, fixed fees.

    Book a consultation or call (07) 3519 5616.

    The problem we solve

    The unregistered provider model that thousands of NDIS businesses were built on is being switched off, support class by support class. SIL and digital platforms went first. Personal care, daily living supports and supports in closed settings are expected to follow from July 2027, with full implementation by the end of 2030. Whether an arrangement is caught turns on substance, not labels, so the name on your service agreement settles nothing.

    The stakes changed with the framework. Operating without registration where it is required is now a criminal matter, civil penalties for serious misconduct reach 15 million dollars and the Commission's banning powers extend to auditors and consultants. Certification assessment is reported to typically take 8 to 12 months, which means the businesses that treat registration as a form filling exercise discover the real problem after their window has closed.

    Who we act for

    Digital platforms and marketplaces

    Connecting workers and participants and holding the position that you are not the provider. Marketplace or provider is now a registration question with criminal consequences, and it is answered by your actual arrangements, not your marketing language.

    SIL providers, registered and unregistered

    Unregistered providers are inside a closing transitional window with a 1 October 2026 application deadline. Registered providers face the same reform from the other side, as conditions, audits and the consolidation opportunity reshape the market around them.

    Unregistered providers facing the 2027 to 2030 expansion

    Delivering personal care, daily living supports or supports in closed settings and watching the SIL rollout with a sense that your turn is coming. It is. The position you build now decides how that goes.

    Acquirers consolidating distressed providers

    The reform is producing motivated sellers. The acquisitions are real value, and so is the compliance history you inherit if the deal is not structured for it.

    The Registration Strategy Program

    A staged engagement that starts with whether you are caught and ends with a registration that survives scrutiny. Every phase is a fixed fee agreed before it starts.

    Phase 1: Triage

    Whether your arrangement is caught, which deadline applies to you and what your compliance history means for the application, assessed under legal professional privilege before anything is lodged. You leave with a map of your exposure, your options and a realistic timeline. Fixed fee.

    Phase 2: Registration

    We run the application strategy end to end, including what to do about the history before lodgement, the lodgement itself and the requisition responses that decide how long the assessment runs. Fixed fee, agreed after Phase 1.

    Phase 3: Operating registered

    The obligations that switch on once you are inside the regulated perimeter, and the deal work if you are acquiring or exiting through the consolidation. Built to survive audit. Fixed fee.

    Why a law firm

    The Commission's expanded banning powers reach auditors and consultants, which puts unregulated advisers inside the regulator's enforcement perimeter. What you tell your lawyer is protected by legal professional privilege, our advice carries the professional liability of a regulated profession and your matter is run end to end by a senior lawyer. If your compliance history has chapters you need frank advice about, that difference is the whole game.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    I do not call my service SIL or personal care. Am I outside the new rules?

    Not necessarily. Whether an arrangement is caught turns on substance, not labels. The supports, the roster and how the plan is funded decide the question, and the name in your service agreement does not move you outside the net. Phase 1 answers this for your specific arrangement.

    What happens if an existing SIL provider misses the 1 October 2026 deadline?

    The transitional arrangement only protects providers whose application was lodged in time, and continuing to deliver without it puts you inside a penalty regime that is now criminal. There are options either side of the deadline, but they narrow each week and some of the obvious moves create worse exposure than the problem they solve.

    How long does NDIS registration take?

    Certification assessment is reported to typically take 8 to 12 months, and the quality of the initial application drives the timeline. Requisitions extend it and extend your exposure with it, which is why the work before lodgement matters more than the lodgement.

    Our platform just connects workers and participants. Are we a provider?

    That question is now decided by your actual arrangements rather than your positioning, and mandatory registration for NDIS digital platforms commenced on 1 July 2026. Getting the characterisation wrong is no longer a commercial risk. It is a registration offence question, and it deserves privileged analysis before a regulator forms a view.

    What does it cost?

    Each phase is a fixed fee agreed before it starts, scaled to your situation. No hourly rate ambush.

    Get triaged before the window moves

    The cheapest time to fix a registration position is before the deadline is close and before the regulator has formed a view of your arrangement. Call (07) 3519 5616 or book a consultation.

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    This page is general information, not legal advice. The regimes it describes are moving, so some dates and rules will change. Obtain advice tailored to your circumstances before acting. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.