Compliance and enforcement actions

On 15 October 2025 a permanent banning order was made under section 73ZN(2)(a)(iii) of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013. The banning order prohibits Gum Chool Ater from being involved in the provision of supports or services to NDIS participants. Specifically, prohibiting Gum Chool Ater from being engaged in the following NDIS supports or services:

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, to 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 Gum Chool Ater and an NDIS participant.

This banning order takes effect on 31 October 2025 at 5.00pm AEDT and operates across all States and Territories of Australia.