Compliance and enforcement actions

On 18 August 2025, a banning order originally made on 9 February 2024, was varied under section 73ZO of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013. The original banning order made under section 73ZN(2A) was varied from a 2-year banning order to a permanent banning order. The banning order permanently prohibits Ms Leena Kumar from engaging, directly or indirectly, in
the provision or management of NDIS supports, services or funding to people with disability in the National Disability Insurance Scheme, including but not limited to:
1. 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;
2. 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;
3. 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;
4. 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;
5. providing or being involved or assisting in the provision, to any NDIS participant, of any support or supports under a participant’s plan;
6. 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.

The banning order is effective from 5:00pm AEST 25 August 2025 and operates across all States and Territories of Australia.