From 1 July 2026, SIL and platform providers must be registered with the NDIS Commission. Here's what's confirmed, the deadlines that matter, and what to do now.
The Accorda Team · 24 June 2026
From 1 July 2026, the rules change for two groups of NDIS providers who, until now, could operate without being registered. If you deliver Supported Independent Living (SIL) or run a platform that connects participants with workers, this affects you directly — and the clock is already running.
This article sets out what's confirmed, who's captured, the dates that matter, and what to do now. It reflects the position as of June 2026; the NDIS Commission is still finalising some of the detail, so treat the official Commission pages as the source of truth and check them before you act.
For most of the NDIS's history, SIL and platform providers have been able to deliver supports without holding registration with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. That ends. From 1 July 2026, mandatory registration begins for both groups, bringing them into the same regime other registered providers already work under — independent audits, suitability assessments, reporting requirements and worker screening.
Two concrete things happen on that date. A new registration group, 0138 – Assistance with Supported Independent Living, commences. And a new SIL-specific supplementary module of the NDIS Practice Standards takes effect, sitting alongside the existing Core Module that SIL providers are assessed against. The change responds to findings from the NDIS Review, the Disability Royal Commission and Commission inquiries, all of which flagged heightened risks to participant safety in SIL and shared-living settings.
SIL providers. If you deliver and claim SIL supports — the higher-intensity, in-home daily living and supervision supports, often in shared accommodation — you're captured. Providers already holding the older registration group 0115 are expected to transition automatically to 0138. Providers currently operating unregistered have a defined window to act (more on that below).
Platform providers. Online intermediaries that connect participants with support workers are also brought in. These services have grown quickly and, until now, have sat largely outside the Commission's direct oversight.
Who's not captured by this particular change. Support coordination was raised in consultation as another candidate for mandatory registration, but that reform is currently paused. And this change does not switch every unregistered provider in the scheme to mandatory registration — the broader model is a separate, later reform. If you don't deliver SIL or run a platform, 1 July 2026 doesn't automatically change your registration status.
December 2025 — the Government confirmed mandatory registration for SIL and platform providers would begin from 1 July 2026.
1 July 2026 — mandatory registration commences. Registration group 0138 and the new SIL supplementary module take effect.
1 October 2026 — the key deadline for existing providers. An unregistered SIL provider already delivering supports needs to lodge a registration application by this date to keep operating during the transition period. Miss it, and your ability to continue delivering is at risk.
From 2027 onwards — a wider expansion of mandatory registration across the sector has been signalled, flowing from the Provider and Worker Registration Taskforce. The exact scope and dates of that broader rollout aren't locked in yet, so treat anything beyond the SIL and platform change as "coming, but watch this space."
One important catch for new entrants: the ability to keep delivering while your application is processed only applies to providers who were already delivering SIL before 1 July 2026. If you start the process as a new SIL provider after that date, you generally can't deliver until your registration is approved — and there's no grace period.
SIL sits on the certification pathway — the more involved of the two registration routes. That means an independent audit by an approved quality auditor against the applicable Practice Standards (the Core Module plus the new SIL supplementary module), a suitability assessment, worker screening, and ongoing reporting obligations. It's a two-stage audit, and realistically it takes months from starting preparation to holding a certificate — not weeks.
There's also a practical bottleneck worth planning around. There are a limited number of approved auditors, and a large number of SIL providers will be seeking audits in the same window. The providers who start early — getting their systems in order and engaging an auditor well ahead of the date — avoid the queue. The ones who leave it late compete for scarce appointments against a hard deadline.
The paperwork can be pulled together quickly. The auditor queue can't. Starting early is the single biggest thing in your control.
If there's any chance you're captured, the sensible steps are straightforward:
Confirm whether you're in scope. Do you deliver and claim SIL supports, or operate as a platform provider? If yes, you're in.
If you're an existing unregistered SIL provider, start now. Begin your application and aim to lodge it well before the 1 October 2026 cut-off, not on it.
Engage an approved quality auditor early. Availability is the constraint — book ahead of the rush.
Get your policies and systems audit-ready. Map your policies and procedures against the Practice Standards, including the new SIL module as it's finalised, and close the gaps before your audit.
Keep watching the Commission. Some detail — including the final form of the new SIL standards — is still being published. Build your readiness on the official guidance as it lands.
An audit doesn't test whether you wrote some policies once. It tests whether you run real systems and can prove it — current policies, staff who've read and signed off on them, workers whose screening is up to date, incidents captured and closed out, and evidence you can produce on the day. That's exactly the groundwork registration demands, and it's what Accorda is built to hold in one place.
With Accorda you can draft and update the policies a registration audit expects — using the AI policy writer to get a tailored first draft fast, then signing off on it yourself — and record staff acknowledgements against each one. The credentials and licence register keeps worker screening and qualifications current and provable. Incident management captures, triages and closes out incidents with the trail intact. One-click audit evidence packs mean that when the auditor asks, the evidence is assembled rather than hunted for. And Regulatory Radar keeps you across changes in your sector — useful while the SIL standards and transition detail are still settling — flagging which of your policies a change affects.
It won't lodge your application or pass your audit for you. What it does is take the systems an auditor scrutinises and keep them current and retrievable, so you walk in prepared rather than scrambling.
Mandatory registration for SIL and platform providers is the most significant change to who must register since the scheme began — and for the providers it captures, 1 July 2026 is close. The detail is still firming up, but the direction is settled and the deadlines are real. The providers who come through this smoothly will be the ones who start early, get their systems in order, and keep their evidence in one place.
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For the most current and authoritative detail, refer to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission directly:
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission — Mandatory registration (overview and transition arrangements)
NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission — Mandatory registration for Supported Independent Living and platform providers to start from next year (official announcement)
This article is general information for Australian care and regulated businesses and isn't legal or compliance advice. It reflects the position as of June 2026, and NDIS registration requirements are still being finalised — always check the current guidance from the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission and confirm what applies to your service.
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