For you if · Class 0115 to 0138
You are already registered, and SIL just moved out from under you
If you deliver SIL under registration class 0115, you transition to the new class 0138 and are assessed against the SIL-specific Practice Standards that commenced on 1 July 2026.
Being registered already does not exempt you. It changes what you are measured against, and the standards you will be measured against are newer than your evidence.
Transition arrangements after the 1 July commencement had not been fully finalised when this was written. Treat every date here as a prompt to check the NDIS Commission's own guidance, not as a substitute for it. This page is general information, not registration advice.
Why this is easy to miss
The coverage of the 1 July change has been aimed almost entirely at unregistered providers, because they have a visible deadline and a business-ending consequence. If you are already registered, everything in your inbox reads like somebody else's problem.
It is not. The change created a new registration class with its own standards, and it applies to the supports you are already delivering.
The specific exposure
Your existing evidence was generated against the standards that applied when it was created. Your next assessment is against standards that commenced this month. Those two things are not automatically aligned, and the gap is invisible until an auditor looks for it.
- Evidence you have been collecting for years may not map to what the SIL standards ask for.
- Practices that were adequate under a general registration may be assessed more specifically now.
- Certification for SIL includes site visits and interviews with staff and participants, which tests the lived process rather than the documented one.
Not "are we compliant", which will get a yes. Ask: which of our current evidence practices were designed against the standards that commenced on 1 July, and which were designed against the previous ones? The honest answer is usually none of them, because the standards are weeks old.
What good preparation looks like from here
You are in a better position than an unregistered provider. You have systems, evidence habits and an audit history. The work is mapping rather than building.
Where this becomes a systems question
For most providers the answer to a standards change is process and training, and software is irrelevant. It becomes a systems question in one specific situation: when the same evidence gap keeps reappearing because producing the evidence depends on someone remembering a separate step.
That is the pattern worth watching. A standards change exposes it, but the change did not cause it, and the next change will expose it again.
Common questions
We are registered under 0115. Do we need to do anything?
If you deliver supported independent living, you transition to the new class 0138 and are assessed against the SIL-specific Practice Standards that commenced on 1 July 2026. Confirm the current arrangements with the NDIS Commission.
Does being already registered mean we skip the audit?
No. It changes what you are assessed against rather than removing the assessment. SIL sits on the certification pathway, which includes site visits and interviews with management, staff and participants.
How different are the SIL Practice Standards?
They are specific to supported independent living rather than general, which means evidence that satisfied a general registration may not map cleanly. The practical test is to read them against your evidence rather than your policies.
This guide is general information about how Australian regulatory obligations apply in practice. It is not legal advice, and requirements vary by registration group, jurisdiction and the supports you deliver.