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After a six-month delay since Western Australia was originally scheduled to transition to the National Quality and Safeguards Framework (1 July 2020), we are fast approaching the state’s new transition date of 1 January 2021.<\/p>\n

In preparation for the transition, the WA Government will be closing its state based NDIS registration process from 5:00PM, Friday 18 September. WA businesses wishing to become Registered NDIS Providers in that state will need to have submitted their complete registration application to the WA Government by 18 September.<\/p>\n

Given the closing date is little more than 2 weeks away and the WA NDIS registration process requires preparation of a comprehensive quality management system as well as an independent audit, it is unlikely that businesses who are not already well into their application will have time to meet this deadline.<\/p>\n

For those businesses, we suggest you wait until you can submit an application to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, from 1 January 2021. Of course, you can start preparing the documentation for your application now.<\/p>\n