What a registration group is
When you apply to the NDIS Commission, you don't register "as a provider" in general, you register for specific registration groups, each identified by a four-digit code (for example, 0107 Daily Personal Activities). Your certificate of registration lists your approved groups, and for agency-managed participants you can only deliver and claim supports that fall within them.
Your chosen groups drive three things:
- Audit pathway, each group is classed as lower-risk (verification) or higher-risk (certification).
- Practice Standards scope, specialist groups pull supplementary modules into your audit.
- Cost, more groups and higher-risk groups mean a bigger, more expensive audit.
Common verification-pathway groups
Lower-risk groups assessed by desktop document review:
| Code | Registration group |
|---|---|
| 0101 | Accommodation/tenancy assistance |
| 0103 | Assistive products for personal care and safety |
| 0108 | Assistance with travel/transport arrangements |
| 0111 | Home modifications |
| 0112 | Assistive equipment for recreation |
| 0114 | Community nursing care |
| 0119 | Specialised hearing services |
| 0120 | Household tasks |
| 0121 | Interpreting and translation |
| 0124 | Communication and information equipment |
| 0126 | Exercise physiology and personal training |
| 0128 | Therapeutic supports (AHPRA-registered or equivalent professionals) |
| 0134 | Hearing services |
Common certification-pathway groups
| Code | Registration group | Extra module |
|---|---|---|
| 0102 | Assistance to access and maintain employment or higher education | - |
| 0104 | High intensity daily personal activities | Module 1 |
| 0106 | Assistance in coordinating or managing life stages, transitions and supports | - |
| 0107 | Daily personal activities | - |
| 0110 | Specialist positive behaviour support | Module 2 / 2a |
| 0115 | Assistance with daily life tasks in a group or shared living arrangement (SIL moved to 0138 from 1 July 2026) | - |
| 0117 | Development of daily living and life skills | - |
| 0118 | Early intervention supports for early childhood | Module 3 |
| 0125 | Participation in community, social and civic activities | - |
| 0131 | Specialist Disability Accommodation | Module 5 |
| 0132 | Support coordination (specialised level) | Module 4 for specialist coordination |
| 0133 | Specialised supported employment | - |
| 0136 | Group and centre-based activities | - |
| 0138 | Assistance with supported independent living (SIL) | SIL supplementary module, plus Module 2a commonly |
Group classifications and codes are maintained by the NDIS Commission and can change, so always confirm against the Commission's current registration groups page and your initial scope of audit document.
Groups added on 1 July 2026
Two new groups arrived with the mandatory registration reforms, and providers in both must now be registered:
| Code | Registration group | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 0138 | Assistance with supported independent living | Certification pathway. SIL moved here from 0115, and SIL providers are also audited against the new SIL supplementary module. |
| 0137 | NDIS digital platform service | Certification pathway, per the Commission's registration groups list. For online platforms that connect participants with workers and process payments from participants' plans. New conditions of registration, including worker screening, apply from 1 January 2027. |
Providers already registered for SIL under 0115 are moved to 0138 by the Commission. The details are in our SIL registration guide and our guide to the 2026 registration reforms.
How to choose your groups
Start from your service plan, not the list
Write down the supports you will actually deliver in the next 12–18 months, then map them to groups. Registering for groups "just in case" inflates your audit scope and cost , every certification module adds audit time, while delivering something you forgot to register for is a breach.
To see the likely audit type and modules for a set of groups, use our registration pathway checker.
Mind the pathway boundary
The single most expensive line to cross is from verification to certification. A cleaning and gardening business (0120) sits comfortably in verification; add personal care (0107) and you're into certification, the full Core Module, and a much bigger audit. Cross the line only when the revenue justifies it, and when you do, cross it deliberately with the right documentation in place. See verification vs certification for the full comparison.
Match your documentation to your groups
Auditors check that your policies and procedures cover the specific supports in your groups, generic documents that ignore your modules are a standard finding. Our registration document package covers the Core Module plus Modules 1 to 5, so the specialist documentation is already there if your group mix requires it.
This page is general information based on NDIS Commission and government sources at the date shown. It is not legal or professional advice, and the rules can change. Check the NDIS Commission's current requirements and read our disclaimer.