Compliance and enforcement actions

On 13 April 2026, a banning order was made under section 73ZN (2)(a)(i) and 73ZN (2)(a)(iii) of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013, prohibiting Simon James NUGUS from providing supports and services to persons with disability in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). 

Specifically, the order prohibits Simon James NUGUS from being engaged in the following NDIS activities: 

• engaging in activities that a member of the key personnel of an NDIS provider would undertake, to the extent that those activities relate to NDIS supports or services;
• engaging in activities that would be undertaken by a consultant for an NDIS provider, to the extent that those activities relate to NDIS supports or services;
• engaging in activities that would be undertaken by an auditor for an NDIS provider, to the extent that those activities relate to NDIS supports or services;
• engaging in activities in a non-service and non-support delivery role for an NDIS provider, the extent that those activities have a direct effect on the provision of NDIS funded supports or service to people with disability in the NDIS;
• providing or being involved or assisting in the provision, to any NDIS participant, of any support or supports under a participant’s plan;
• providing or being involved or assisting in the provision, to any NDIS participant, of any service or services under a participant’s plan;
• engaging in any work or providing or performing any service or services (whether paid or unpaid), for or on behalf of any NDIS provider, which may occasion any personal contact between you and an NDIS participant.

This banning order takes effect at 5.00pm AEST on 24 April 2026 for a period of 3 years and operates across all States and Territories of Australia.