National Disability Insurance Agency
NDIA
2022 – present
Previously National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency (2013–2022).
Statutory body corporate that administers the National Disability Insurance Scheme, deciding who can access the scheme, approving participant plans and funding reasonable and necessary supports for people with permanent and significant disability.
Names over time
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency2013–2022
- National Disability Insurance Agency2022–present
How it came into existence
Created in 2022 when the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Participant Service Guarantee and Other Measures) Act 2022, assented to on 1 April 2022, changed the legal name of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency to the National Disability Insurance Agency, the name it had used since 2013.
Legislation: National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013
Changes during its life
- 13 May 2025Moved from the Social Services portfolio to the Health, Disability and Ageing portfolio under the Administrative Arrangements Order of 13 May 2025.
Main functions
- Delivering the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Participant access and eligibility decisions
- Approving participant plans and funding supports
- Participant Service Guarantee timeframes
- Managing the NDIS fund and scheme sustainability
- Local area coordination and early childhood partnerships
Where it sits
In the portfolio of Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.
- Type of body
- Corporate Commonwealth entity
- Portfolio
- Health, Disability and Ageing
- Accountable authority
- Board of the Agency – National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 sections 117 and 123, with reference to section 134(2) note (membership section 126)
- ABN
- 25 617 475 104
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 1 January 2023 to the latest release (30 June 2026))
Government records and websites
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