From 1 December 2026 a claim for an NDIS support must be made within 90 days, starting on the day the support is provided. Until then the limit is 2 years. Read on its face, the new limit applies on the day a claim is made, so supports delivered from 1 December 2024 to 2 September 2026 need to be claimed by 30 November 2026, and only an exceptional circumstances late claim is left after that.
Last day to claim a support
Enter the day the support was delivered. The check applies section 45A(5) of the NDIS Act as amended from 1 December 2026 and gives the last day a claim can be made. Nothing you enter leaves this page.
What the Act says today, and what changes
Section 45A(1) of the NDIS Act makes nothing payable for a support unless a claim has been made in the approved way and within the time in subsection (5). Subsection (5) sets that time as a period that starts on the day the support is provided: 2 years, unless the NDIS rules prescribe something shorter.
Schedule 2, item 89 of the Securing the NDIS for Future Generations Act 2026 omits "2 years" from paragraph 45A(5)(a) and substitutes "90 days". The commencement table in that Act starts it on 1 December 2026, the same date the Department and the NDIA publish for the change.
“A claim must be made in accordance with subsection (3) before the end of the following period starting on the day the support is provided to the participant”
NDIS Act s 45A(5), Compilation No. 28
Counting the 90 days
The period starts on the day the support is provided, so that day is day 1 and the 90th day is 89 days later. A shift on Thursday 3 December 2026 can be claimed up to Tuesday 2 March 2027.
When the last day is a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday where the claim is made, section 36(2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 lets the claim be made on the next day that is none of those. A shift on Monday 30 November 2026 has its 90th day on Saturday 27 February 2027, so it can be claimed up to Monday 1 March 2027. The check moves weekends for you; it does not know your public holidays.
The check above does the counting for any date. It is a reading of the Act, not NDIA advice: check the NDIA's own guidance before a deadline you cannot afford to miss.
The 30 November 2026 cut-off for older supports
The amended paragraph is a test applied on the day the claim is made. A claim made on or before 30 November 2026 is still inside the old 2 year window. A claim made from 1 December 2026 has to fall within 90 days of the support, whenever the support was delivered.
So every support delivered from 1 December 2024 to 2 September 2026 that has not been claimed has one practical last day: 30 November 2026. A support delivered on 3 September 2026 runs to 1 December 2026, and every later support has its own 90 days.
The amending Act carries no application clause for this item, and its Schedule 5 lets the Minister make transitional rules, so watch for one. The NDIA is already moving: claims made more than 90 days after the support can be held for review for up to 28 days, even while the 2 year limit stands.
- Delivered 1 Dec 2024 to 2 Sep 2026: claim by 30 Nov 2026
- Delivered 3 Sep 2026: claim by 1 Dec 2026
- Delivered 30 Nov 2026: claim by Mon 1 Mar 2027
- Delivered from 1 Dec 2026: claim within 90 days
Who has to make the claim
The claimant is whoever manages the funding for the support under the plan. For NDIA-managed funding that is the provider. For plan-managed funding it is the plan manager, and for self-managed funding the participant or their nominee (s 45A(2)).
For a plan-managed participant the provider's invoice is only the start: the plan manager still has to claim inside the 90 days. An invoice that sits for six weeks waiting on approval leaves the plan manager a few weeks to claim it, so invoice plan-managed work promptly and follow up anything unpaid while the window is still open.
When a claim is late
The CEO may treat a late claim as made in time if exceptional circumstances justify the delay and the claim was made within a reasonable period having regard to those circumstances (s 45A(6)). It is a discretion, not a second window, so plan on the 90 days.
“there are exceptional circumstances applying to the claim that justify the claim being made after the end of the applicable period”
NDIS Act s 45A(6)(a)
What to change in the office before 1 December
Most providers claim on a fortnightly or monthly rhythm with a long tail of rejected lines that get fixed when someone has time. Under a 90 day limit the tail is where the money goes.
Parkways stamps the NDIS support item and price on each shift when it is rostered, so the invoice, the bulk claim file and the pay line read one record. NDIA-managed lines go into a bulk payment request file, plan-managed and self-managed invoices go to the right payer, a preflight catches duplicates and over-claims before anything is sent, and remittance advices are matched to the invoices they pay.
- Sweep every unclaimed support delivered before 3 Sep 2026 now
- Claim NDIA-managed lines weekly, not monthly
- Fix rejected lines inside the same week
- Chase unpaid plan-managed invoices before day 60
NDIS 90 day claim rule: straight answers
When does the NDIS 90 day claim rule start?
On 1 December 2026. Schedule 2, item 89 of the Securing the NDIS for Future Generations Act 2026 replaces 2 years with 90 days in section 45A(5)(a) of the NDIS Act, and the Act's commencement table starts it on that date.
Does the 90 days count the day of the support?
Yes. The period starts on the day the support is provided, so that day is day 1 and the last day is 89 days after it. If that day is a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, the claim can be made on the next day that is none of those (Acts Interpretation Act 1901 s 36(2)).
What happens to supports delivered before 1 December 2026?
Read on its face, a claim made by 30 November 2026 still has the 2 year window, and a claim made from 1 December 2026 needs to be within 90 days of the support. Supports delivered from 1 December 2024 to 2 September 2026 should be claimed by 30 November 2026.
Does the 90 day rule apply to plan-managed participants?
Yes. The plan manager is the claimant for plan-managed funding (s 45A(2)), so the plan manager has to claim within 90 days of the support. Slow invoicing or approval eats into that time.
Can a claim still be paid after 90 days?
Only if the CEO accepts it as a late claim: exceptional circumstances must justify the delay, and the claim must be made within a reasonable time given those circumstances (s 45A(6)).
Sources
Read from these editions on 4 November 2026. This guide explains the rules; it is not advice on one person's pay or one incident.
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, Compilation No. 28 (C2026C00451), section 45A
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Act 2026 (No. 66, 2026), Schedule 2, item 89 and the commencement table in section 2
- Acts Interpretation Act 1901, section 36 (calculating time)
- Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, About the changes to the NDIS (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations)
- NDIS, Securing the NDIS for future generations (changes from December 2026)
- NDIA, Guide to getting paid