---
title: "Advice structure: NDIS support and reasonable and necessary"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/ndis-and-disability-law/ndis-support-advice-structure"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a55-ndis-support-advice-structure"
area_id: "A55"
kind: "memo"
ai_level: "red"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A55-N20261018-8"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Advice structure: NDIS support and reasonable and necessary

> A structure for advice on whether a requested support is an NDIS support and reasonable and necessary. The conclusion is blank. The lists of supports and replacement supports were not opened.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/ndis-and-disability-law/ndis-support-advice-structure  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Memo. An internal or advice memo.
- Practice area: [NDIS & Disability Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/ndis-and-disability-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Red. You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the 2 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when advising a participant, before or after a plan decision, on a support they want funded. Do not use it to advise that the support is reasonable and necessary. Do not use the funded-support criteria as the test for access to the scheme.

## Used for these tasks

- [Advise whether a requested support is an NDIS support and reasonable and necessary](https://ailawframework.com/practice/ndis-and-disability-law.md#A55-N20261018-8)

## How AI may be used

AI may list the documents and leave every conclusion blank. The lawyer writes the advice, including whether the support is an NDIS support and whether it is reasonable and necessary. The tool does not write that conclusion.

**AI may:**

- List the support asked for and the reports by title, author and date
- Leave a blank beside each criterion on the NDIA page
- Remind the lawyer that the supports list and the replacement-support page were not opened

**AI must not:**

- Must not write that a support is or is not reasonable and necessary
- Must not write that a support is or is not an NDIS support
- Must not invent a rule from the guideline PDF or the supports list
- Must not give this memo to the participant or the NDIA as the advice

**The lawyer checks:**

- The current NDIS supports list and the replacement-support page are read before any conclusion
- Each criterion is matched to evidence, and the exclusions on the NDIA page are considered
- The conclusion is the lawyer's, and it is not copied from a blank in this structure

## Authorities

- [NDIA, What is reasonable and necessary (criteria, exclusions, sharing, quantity, frequency, and the package)](https://www.ndis.gov.au/participants/creating-plan/understanding-plan-meeting/what-reasonable-and-necessary)
- [NDIA, Guide to decision reviews (NDIS supports checked first; health, education, and everyday costs)](https://www.ndis.gov.au/participants/changing-your-plan/decision-reviews/guide-decision-reviews)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/ndis-and-disability-law/ndis-support-advice-structure and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*