NDIS Provider Registration Rules
Becoming registered (Rules Part 3, Act ss 73C to 73E)
s11 Hold an ABN
Clause and reference Rules s 11 of the NDIS (Provider Registration and Practice Standards) Rules 2018 · our reference s11
The requirement
To register, the applicant itself needs an Australian Business Number, held under the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999.
Our wording of the requirement: our statement of what the clause asks, not the instrument verbatim. Source: NDIS Provider Registration Rules on the compliance desk.
The evidence to bring
- ABN Lookup record matching the applicant's legal name and entity type
- Evidence the ABN on invoices and the registration match
What assessors commonly find
- ABN held by a related entity rather than the applicant
- Cancelled ABN not noticed
What evidence do I need?
For s11 Hold an ABN, the evidence to bring is: ABN Lookup record matching the applicant's legal name and entity type. It sits under Becoming registered (Rules Part 3, Act ss 73C to 73E) and the instrument's own clause is Rules s 11. Keep every record dated, signed and current, and name who owns it.
Answer the reviewer first
Show me aBN Lookup record matching the applicant's legal name and entity type, and tell me who owns it and when it was last reviewed.
That is the question a quality assessor opens with for this requirement. Have the record on the desk and the date it was last reviewed to hand.
Read your own evidence against this clause
Paste your policy or evidence pack and the reading marks, line by line, whether a phrase from this requirement appears and quotes your own words when it does. It is a reading of your text, not a compliance result; a quality assessor decides whether a requirement is met. Read your pack, free See the paid reading