{"id":"F2016L00814","name":"Australian Prudential Regulation Authority instrument fixing charges No. 1 of 2016","slug":"australian-prudential-regulation-authority-instrument-fixing-charges-no-1-of-2016","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":129444,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2016L00814-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Schedule of charges","sectionType":"part","heading":"Schedule of charges","content":"# \nSchedule of charges\n\n| Column 1Services for which the charge is imposed | Column 2Amount of the charge | Column 3Person required to pay the charge | Column 4When the charge is to be paid |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Provision to the RBA during the 2015 – 16 financial year of the statistical information specified in Attachment A concerning financial sector entities. | $68,267 | RBA | Twenty-eight days after receipt of APRA’s invoice for the charge. |\n| Provision to the ABS during the 2015 – 16 financial year of the statistical information specified in Attachment B concerning financial sector entities. | $352,812 | ABS | Twenty-eight days after receipt of APRA’s invoice for the charge. |\n\n \nAttachment A – statistical information provided to the RBA during the 2015 – 16 financial year\n\n| FORM_CDE | FORM_NAME |\n| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |\n| ARF_320_1 | Debt Securities Held |\n| ARF_320_0 | Statement of Financial Position (Domestic Books) |\n| ARF_323_0M | Statement of Financial Position (Licensed ADI) |\n| ARF_320_5 | REPOS & Stock Lending/Borrowing |\n| ARF_395_0 | Business Finance Statistics |\n| ARF_320_3 | Debt Securities on Issue |\n| ARF_320_4 | Bill Acceptances and Endorsements |\n| ARF_321_0 | Statement of Financial Position (Offshore Operations) |\n| ARF_118_0 | Off-balance sheet business |\n| ARF_320_8 | Housing Loan Reconciliation |\n| ARF_118_1 | Other Off-Balance Sheet Exposures |\n| WRF_320_0 | Statement of Financial Position (WSF) |\n| ARF_392_0_1 | Housing Finance in NSW |\n| ARF_392_0_2 | Housing Finance in VIC |\n| ARF_392_0_3 | Housing Finance in QLD |\n| ARF_392_0_4 | Housing Finance in SA |\n| ARF_392_0_5 | Housing Finance in WA |\n| ARF_392_0_6 | Housing Finance in TAS |\n| ARF_392_0_7 | Housing Finance in NT |\n| ARF_392_0_8 | Housing Finance in ACT |\n| RRF_320_0 | Statement of Financial Position (RFCs) |\n| RRF_320_1 | Debt Securities Held (RFCs) |\n| RRF_320_3 | Debt Securities on Issue (RFCs) |\n| RRF_320_4 | Bill Acceptances (RFCs) |\n| RRF_320_5 | REPOS and Stock Lending and Borrowing (RFCs) |\n\n \nAttachment B – statistical information provided to the ABS during the 2015 – 16 financial year\n\n| FORM_CDE | FORM_NAME |\n| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| ARF_320_1 | Debt Securities Held |\n| ARF_320_0 | Statement of Financial Position (Domestic Books) |\n| ARF_320_5 | REPOS & Stock Lending/Borrowing |\n| ARF_320_2 | Equity Securities Held |\n| ARF_320_3 | Debt Securities on Issue |\n| ARF_320_4 | Bill Acceptances and Endorsements |\n| ARF_330_3 | Other Operating Expenses |\n| ARF_332_0_L | Statement of Economic Activity (Licensed Entity) |\n| ARF_331_0_L | Selected Revenues and Expenses (Licensed Entity) |\n| ARF_332_0_D | Statement of Economic Activity (Domestic books) |\n| ARF_331_0_D | Selected Revenues and Expenses (Domestic books) |\n| ARF_320_9 | Intra-Group Receivables and Payables |\n| SRF_110_1_A | Selected Disclosure of Investments Version A - 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It performs exactly the function suggested by its title — fixing charges for statistical data provision services. No scope creep is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Simple tabular structure with only 4 columns of operative provisions","No defined terms section or interpretation provisions","No cross-references to other legislation","No conditional logic or exceptions","Straightforward fee-for-service structure with fixed dollar amounts","Attachments are purely descriptive lists of data collection forms with no legal effect"],"plain_english_summary":"APRA’s pricing schedule sets fees for its 2015–16 data-collection services, charging the RBA $68,267 and the ABS $352,812 for detailed financial and statistical returns. It covers cost recovery for over 80 statistical forms (housing, commercial/personal finance, securities, insurance, etc.), affecting APRA, reporting financial institutions, and the RBA/ABS by funding how those agencies obtain the raw data they use for statistics and policy. Invoices due within 28 days."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not alter APRA’s statutory functions or expand who may be charged. It simply fixes the amounts payable by the RBA and the ABS for specified datasets in 2015–16 and sets the payment timing; scope is limited to those services, payers and that financial year. (Schedule of charges; Attachment A; Attachment B)"},"complexity_factors":["Narrow legal effect: only fixes two monetary amounts for a single financial year (2015–16). (Schedule of charges)","Clear, named payers and fixed payment term (28 days after invoice), reducing interpretive uncertainty. (Schedule of charges, Column 3–4)","Technical detail concentrated in attachments listing many form codes and names, which creates operational detail but not legal complexity. (Attachment A and Attachment B)","No new powers, conditions, exemptions or compliance regimes introduced—no cross‑referenced legislative amendments.","Temporal limitation (single financial year) simplifies enduring application but requires attention to timebound scope.","Use of specialist form codes may require domain knowledge to map to operational datasets."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes two specific charges APRA will invoice for providing specified financial‑sector statistical returns during 2015–16: $68,267 to the Reserve Bank of Australia and $352,812 to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Payment is due within 28 days of APRA’s invoice. The attachments list the exact data forms covered, so the instrument mechanically allocates the cost of producing and supplying those datasets to those two agencies."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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