The main purpose of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Bill 2025 (the Bill) is to amend the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (NDIS Act) to strengthen the powers of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission (the Commission).

This briefing outlines the purpose of the Bill, its background, key issues and provisions. The amendments will:

• introduce new civil penalties, increase civil penalties and new criminal offences for providers who contravene their obligations under the NDIS Act
• expand the exclusion mechanisms by broadening the categories of people subject to banning orders and increasing penalties for breaching a banning order
• allow the Commissioner to issue orders prohibiting or restricting a person from engaging in certain promotional conduct in connection with the NDIS
• provide the Commissioner the power to issue an evidentiary certificate, that can be used as prima facie evidence in criminal and civil proceedings to establish facts regarding certain registration matters and
• allow for shorter time periods for when a person must provide relevant information to the Commissioner and require providers to provide relevant documentation as part of the registration process.