If you self-manage your NDIS funding, you are the one who makes the claim. From 1 December 2026 every claim has to be made within 90 days of the day the support was provided, down from 2 years. The NDIS price limits bind funding managed by the NDIA or a registered plan manager, so a self-managed participant can agree a different price with their own workers, but the plan budget does not grow to cover it.
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.
You are the claimant
Section 45A(2) of the NDIS Act says a claim may be made only by the person who, under the plan, manages the funding for the support. For self-managed funding that is the participant, or the nominee or family member managing the plan. The provider or independent worker sends you an invoice; you make the claim.
90 days from 1 December 2026
Schedule 2, item 89 of the Securing the NDIS for Future Generations Act 2026 changes the time to claim in section 45A(5)(a) from 2 years to 90 days, from 1 December 2026. The 90 days start on the day the support is provided, so that day counts as day 1. If the last day is a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday where you claim, section 36(2) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 lets you claim on the next day that is none of those.
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 has to fall within 90 days of the support. Supports delivered from 1 December 2024 to 2 September 2026 and not yet claimed should go in by 30 November 2026. The check above gives the last day for any date.
“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
Price limits and self-managed funding
The Minister sets the NDIS price limits under section 45C. Subsection (2) says that determination does not apply to a support unless the funding for it is managed by a registered plan manager or the Agency. Self-managed funding is neither, so the price limits do not bind it.
That lets a family agree a rate with an independent worker that differs from the limit. It does not add money to the plan: every dollar above the limit comes out of the same budget, so the hours it buys go down.
“A determination under subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the acquisition or provision of a support or class of supports under a participant’s plan unless the funding for the support or class of supports is managed by”
NDIS Act s 45C(2)
When a claim is late
The CEO may accept a claim after the 90 days if exceptional circumstances justify the delay and the claim was made within a reasonable time having regard to them (s 45A(6)). Plan on the 90 days rather than on that discretion.
Keeping the record that backs each claim
Each claim rests on a support that happened: who worked, on what day, for how long, and what they did. When a family runs its own team, that record is often a text thread and a calendar. A short weekly routine keeps it claimable: check the week's shifts against the invoices, claim the week, and chase any missing invoice before it gets old.
Parkways Connect + is built for families who run their own team of independent workers: one roster, a team message thread and video calls, notes after each shift, appointments, and optional clock-in and compliance files with expiry warnings. Paying workers and claiming stay with you; Connect + keeps the record of who worked and what happened.
- Claim weekly, not quarterly
- Match each invoice to a rostered shift
- Keep a written note for every shift
- Chase missing invoices before day 60
self managed NDIS claiming: straight answers
Who makes the claim on a self-managed NDIS plan?
The person who manages the funding for the support under the plan, which for self-managed funding is the participant or the person managing the plan for them (NDIS Act s 45A(2)).
How long do I have to claim a self-managed support?
Until 30 November 2026, 2 years from the day of the support. From 1 December 2026, 90 days from the day of the support, counting that day as day 1.
Do NDIS price limits apply to self-managed participants?
The price limit determination applies only where the funding is managed by the Agency or a registered plan manager (NDIS Act s 45C(2)), so it does not bind self-managed funding. Paying more still comes out of the same plan budget.
Can I claim after 90 days?
Only if the CEO accepts it as a late claim because exceptional circumstances justify the delay and you claimed within a reasonable time (s 45A(6)).
Is there an app to run my own support team?
Parkways Connect + lets participants and families roster, message, video call and share notes with the independent workers they choose. Paying workers and claiming stay with you; Connect + keeps the record of who worked and what happened.
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)
- National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, Compilation No. 28 (C2026C00451), section 45C
- NDIS, Securing the NDIS for future generations (changes from December 2026)