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These regulations require non-bank financial corporations (e.g., finance companies, building societies, credit unions, money‑market dealers and certain retailers) to submit regular, detailed statistical reports to the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Reporting frequency and forms vary by type/size; firms must notify when first covered, follow prescribed rounding and reporting rules, and have a senior officer verify submissions. The data supports monetary policy, financial stability monitoring, and national accounts.
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Statutory Rules 1984 No. 87
Financial Corporations (Statistics) Regulations
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART I—PRELIMINARY
Regulation
1. Citation
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
PART II-PERIODICAL STATEMENTS RELATED TO STATISTICAL PERIODS
4. Application of Part II
5. Registered corporations to state that they are corporations to which this Part applies
6. Registered corporations to furnish periodical statements related to statistical periods
7. Related corporations in the same category may be treated as one
PART III—QUARTERLY STATEMENTS
8. Application of Part III
9. Registered corporations to state that they are corporations to which this Part applies
10. Registered corporations to furnish Quarterly Statements
11. Related corporations in the same category may be treated as one
PART IV—SIX MONTHLY STATEMENTS
12. Application of Part IV
13. Registered corporations that are retailers to furnish six-monthly statements
14. Related corporations that are retailers may be treated as one
PART V—MISCELLANEOUS
15. Repeal of former Financial Corporations (Statistics) Regulations
16. Saving
SCHEDULE
Forms
Statutory Rules 1984 No. 871
Financial Corporations (Statistics) Regulations
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Financial Corporations Act 1974.
Dated 18 May 1984.
N. M. STEPHEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
PAUL KEATING
Treasurer
PART I—PRELIMINARY
Citation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Financial Corporations (Statistics) Regulations.
Commencement
2. (1) Parts I, II and V and the Schedule to these Regulations shall come into operation on 1 June 1984.
(2) The remaining provisions of these Regulations shall come into operation on 1 July 1984.
Interpretation
3. In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Financial Corporations Act 1974;
“the former Regulations” means Statutory Rules 1976 No. 101 as amended by the other Statutory Rules repealed by regulation 15.
PART II—PERIODICAL STATEMENTS RELATED TO STATISTICAL PERIODS
Application of Part II
4. (1) This Part applies to a corporation—
(a) that is a registered corporation included in one of the following categories:
(i) the category for building societies;
(ii) the category for authorised money market dealers;
(iii) the category for money market corporations;
(iv) the category for pastoral finance companies;
(v) the category for finance companies; or
(b) that is a registered corporation—
(i) the sum of the values of all the assets of which in Australia exceeds $5,000,000; and
(ii) that is included in the category for general financiers or the category for credit co-operatives.
(2) For the purpose of determining whether a registered corporation included in a category referred to in sub-paragraph (1) (b) (ii) is a corporation to which this Part applies, the values of the assets of the corporation at any time are the values of those assets as determined in accordance with the methods by which the values of assets were ascertained for the purposes of the audited balance sheet of the corporation that was at that time the most recent audited balance sheet of the corporation.
Registered corporations to state that they are corporations to which this Part applies
5. For the purposes of section 11 of the Act—
(a) if, at the commencement of this Part, a corporation included in a category referred to in sub-paragraph 4 (1) (b) (ii) is a corporation to which this Part applies, the corporation shall, before the expiration of the period of 30 days after the date of the commencement of this Part, furnish to the Reserve Bank a statement substantially in accordance with Form 1 in the Schedule; and
(b) where, after the commencement of this Part, a corporation included in a category referred to in sub-paragraph 4 (1) (b) (ii) becomes a corporation to which this Part applies, whether at the time of its incorporation or at a later time and whether or not the corporation has
previously been a corporation to which this Part applies, the corporation shall, before the expiration of the period of 30 days after the day on which the corporation became a corporation to which this Part applies, furnish to the Reserve Bank a statement substantially in accordance with Form 1 in the Schedule.
Registered corporations to furnish periodical statements related to statistical periods
(a) within the period of 21 days after the last day of the first statistical period after the corporation becomes such a corporation (whether or not that corporation has previously been such a corporation); and
(b) within the period of 21 days after the last day of each successive statistical period,
furnish to the Reserve Bank and to the Statistician a periodical statement substantially in accordance with whichever of Forms 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in the Schedule is appropriate to the category in which the corporation is included.
(2) The first statistical period after a corporation becomes a corporation to which this Part applies commences—
(a) if, at the commencement of this Part, the corporation is a corporation to which this Part applies—on 1 June 1984;
(b) where, after the commencement of this Part, a corporation included in a category referred to in sub-paragraph 4 (1) (b) (ii) becomes a corporation to which this Part applies—on a day specified by the Reserve Bank in relation to the corporation, being a day not later than 60 days after the day on which the corporation furnishes to the Reserve Bank the statement referred to in paragraph 5 (a) or (b); and
(c) in any other case—on a day specified by the Reserve Bank in relation to the corporation, being a day not earlier than the day on which the corporation became a corporation to which this Part applies and not later than 60 days after the day on which the corporation became a corporation to which this Part applies.
(3) A statistical period (other than a statistical period referred to in sub-regulation (2)) in relation to the corporation commences on the day next succeeding the last day of the immediately preceding statistical period in relation to the corporation.
(4) Each statistical period in relation to a corporation shall be of such duration, being not less than 28 days nor more than 42 days, as the Reserve Bank specifies in relation to the corporation.
Related corporations in the same category may be treated as one
category may, with the consent in writing of the Reserve Bank or the Statistician, be treated as constituting a single corporation.
(2) Where, in pursuance of sub-regulation (1), the Reserve Bank or the Statistician consents to 2 or more corporations being treated as constituting a single corporation, any transactions between those corporations shall be disregarded in the completion of a statement referred to in sub-regulation 6 (1) made jointly in respect of those corporations.
PART III—QUARTERLY STATEMENTS
Application of Part III
8. (1) This Part applies to a corporation—
(a) that is a registered corporation included in the category for intra group financiers or the category for other financial corporations; or
(b) that is a registered corporation—
(i) the sum of the values of all the assets of which in Australia does not exceed $5,000,000; and
(ii) that is included in the category for general financiers or the category for credit co-operatives.
(2) For the purpose of determining whether a registered corporation included in a category referred to in sub-paragraph (1) (b) (ii) is a corporation to which this Part applies, the values of the assets of the corporation at any time are the values of those assets as determined in accordance with the methods by which the values of assets were ascertained for the purposes of the audited balance sheet of the corporation that was at that time the most recent audited balance sheet of the corporation.
Registered corporations to state that they are corporations to which this Part applies
9. For the purposes of section 11 of the Act—
(a) if, at the commencement of this Part, a corporation included in a category referred to in sub-paragraph 8 (1) (b) (ii) is a corporation to which this Part applies, the corporation shall, before the expiration of the period of 30 days after the date of commencement of this Part, furnish to the Reserve Bank a statement substantially in accordance with Form 9 in the Schedule; and
(b) where, after the commencement of this Part, a corporation included in a category referred to in sub-paragraph 8 (1) (b) (ii) becomes a corporation to which this Part applies, whether at the time of its incorporation or at a later time and whether or not the corporation has previously been a corporation to which this Part applies, the corporation shall, before the expiration of the period of 30 days after the day on which the corporation became a corporation to which this Part applies, furnish to the Reserve Bank a statement substantially in accordance with Form 9 in the Schedule.
Registered corporations to furnish quarterly statements
10. (1) For the purposes of section 11 of the Act, a corporation to which this Part applies shall—
(a) within the period of 21 days after the last day of the first quarter ending after the corporation becomes such a corporation (whether or not that corporation has previously been such a corporation); and
(b) within the period of 21 days after the last day of each successive quarter,
furnish to the Reserve Bank and to the Statistician a quarterly statement substantially in accordance with whichever of Forms 10, 11, 12 and 13 in the Schedule is appropriate to the category in which the corporation is included.
(2) The first quarter after a corporation becomes a corporation to which this Part applies commences—
(a) if, at the commencement of this Part, the corporation is a corporation to which this Part applies—on 1 July 1984;
(b) where, after the commencement of this Part, a corporation included in a category referred to in sub-paragraph 8 (1) (b) (ii) becomes a corporation to which this Part applies—on a day specified by the Reserve Bank in relation to the corporation, being a day not later than 95 days after the day on which the corporation furnishes to the Reserve Bank the statement referred to in paragraph 5 (a) or (b); and
(c) in any other case—on a day specified by the Reserve Bank in relation to the corporation, being a day not earlier than the day on which the corporation became a corporation to which this Part applies and not later than 95 days after the day on which the corporation became a corporation to which this Part applies.
(3) A quarter, other than a quarter referred to in sub-regulation (2), in relation to the corporation commences on the day next succeeding the last day of the immediately preceding quarter in relation to the corporation.
(4) Each quarter in relation to a corporation shall be of such duration, being not less than 78 days nor more than 108 days, as the Reserve Bank specifies in relation to the corporation.
Related corporations in the same category may be treated as one
11. (1) For the purpose of the application of these Regulations in relation to the furnishing of a statement referred to in sub-regulation 10(1), any 2 or more corporations that are related to each other and are included in the same category may, with the consent in writing of the Reserve Bank or the Statistician, be treated as constituting a single corporation.
(2) Where, in pursuance of sub-regulation (1), the Reserve Bank or the Statistician consents to 2 or more corporations being treated as constituting a single corporation, any transactions between those corporations shall be disregarded in the completion of a statement referred to in sub-regulation 10 (1) made jointly in respect of those corporations.
PART IV—SIX MONTHLY STATEMENTS
Application of Part IV
12. This Part applies to a corporation that is a registered corporation included in the category for retailers.
Registered corporations that are retailers to furnish six-monthly statements
13. (1) For the purposes of section 11 of the Act, a registered corporation to which this Part applies shall—
(a) within the period of 21 days after the last day of the first statistical period after the corporation becomes such a corporation (whether or not that corporation has previously been such a corporation); and
(b) within the period of 21 days after the last day of each successive statistical period,
furnish to the Reserve Bank and to the Statistician a Retailer’s Six Monthly Statement of Loans and Advances Outstanding substantially in accordance with Form 14 in the Schedule.
(2) The first statistical period after a corporation becomes a corporation to which this Part applies commences—
(a) if, at the commencement of this Part, the corporation is a corporation to which this Part applies—on 1 July 1984; and
(b) in any other case—on a day specified by the Reserve Bank in relation to the corporation, being a day not earlier than the day on which the corporation became a corporation to which this Part applies and not later than 190 days after the day on which the corporation became a corporation to which this Part applies.
(3) A statistical period in relation to a corporation shall be of such duration, being not less than 156 days and not more than 216 days, as the Reserve Bank specifies in relation to the corporation.
Related corporations that are retailers may be treated as one
14. (1) For the purpose of the application of these Regulations in relation to the furnishing of a statement referred to in sub-regulation 13 (1), any 2 or more corporations that are related to each other and are included in the category for retailers may, with the consent in writing of the Reserve Bank or the Statistician, be treated as constituting a single corporation.
(2) Where, in pursuance of sub-regulation (1), the Reserve Bank or the Statistician consents to 2 or more corporations being treated as constituting a single corporation, any transactions between those corporations shall be disregarded in the completion of a statement referred to in sub-regulation 13 (1) made jointly in respect of those corporations.
PART V—MISCELLANEOUS
Repeal of former Financial Corporations (Statistics) Regulations
15. Statutory Rules 1976 Nos. 101 and 168, Statutory Rules 1977 No. 151 and Statutory Rules 1978 No. 115 are repealed.
Saving
16. Where, immediately before the commencement of this Part—
(a) a registered corporation was included in either the category for intra group financiers or the category for other financial corporations; and
(b) the corporation was a registered corporation to which Part II of the former Regulations applied,
the corporation shall furnish to the Reserve Bank and to the Statistician any Periodical Statement of Financial Operations, Assets and Selected Liabilities that it would, but for these Regulations, have been required so to furnish in respect of any statistical period ending before 1 July 1984, as if the former Regulations were still in operation.
SCHEDULE
FORMS
FORM 1 Regulation 5
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Financial Corporations Act 1974
STATEMENT IN PURSUANCE OF REGULATION 5 OF THE FINANCIAL CORPORATIONS (STATISTICS) REGULATIONS
In pursuance
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