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Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy (Collection) (Initial Cost Estimates for 2026-27 Levy Period) Determination 2025
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Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy (Collection) (Initial Cost Estimates for 2026-27 Levy Period) Determination 2025
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Limited, operator of the financial services compensation scheme of last resort, makes the following determination.
Dated 21 November 2025
Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Limited
Operator of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
Part 2—Estimates of claims, fees and costs for 2026-27 levy period
5 Credit intermediaries sub-sector
6 Excess amount—credit intermediaries sub-sector
7 Credit providers sub-sector
8 Excess amount—credit providers sub-sector
9 Licensed personal advice sub-sector
10 Excess amount—licensed personal advice sub-sector
11 Securities dealers sub-sector
12 Excess amount—securities dealers sub-sector
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
This instrument is the Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy (Collection) (Initial Cost Estimates for 2026-27 Levy Period) Determination 2025.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy (Collection) Act 2023.
4 Definitions
Note: Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy (Collection) Act 2023 as in force from time to time—see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.
2026-27 levy period means the 12-month period starting from 1 July 2026.
credit intermediaries sub-sector has the same meaning as in the Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy Regulations 2023.
credit providers sub-sector has the same meaning as in the Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy Regulations 2023.
financial services compensation scheme of last resort has the same meaning as in the Corporations Act 2001.
licensed personal advice sub-sector has the same meaning as in the Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy Regulations 2023.
securities dealers sub-sector has the same meaning as in the Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy Regulations 2023.
the Act means the Financial Services Compensation Scheme of Last Resort Levy (Collection) Act 2023.
Part 2—Estimates of claims, fees and costs for 2026-27 levy period
Note 1: The 2026-27 levy period is the fourth levy period.
Note 2: No amounts have been included in relation to subparagraph 9(1)(b)(iv) of the Act as that subparagraph does not apply in relation to the fourth levy period.
5 Credit intermediaries sub-sector
Under subsection 9(1) of the Act, for the 2026-27 levy period and the credit intermediaries sub-sector, the determined estimate is $2,155,918.33, being the sum of the following specified amounts:
(a) for the purposes of paragraph 9(1)(a) of the Act, the amount of $1,001,028.25;
(b) for the purposes of paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Act, the amount of $1,728,134.45, comprising the following:
(i) $260,640.61 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(i) of the Act);
(ii) $1,242,493.84 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(ii) of the Act);
(iii) $225,000.00 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(iii) of the Act);
(iv) $0.00 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(v) of the Act).
less the excess amounts referred to in subsections 6(1) and (2) of this instrument.
6 Excess amount—credit intermediaries sub-sector
(1) For the purposes of subsection 9(1) and paragraph 9(2)(a) of the Act, the excess amount for an earlier levy period and the credit intermediaries sub-sector is $573,244.37.
(2) For the purposes of subsection 9(1) and paragraph 9(2)(c) of the Act, the excess amount attributable to the credit intermediaries sub-sector is $0.00.
7 Credit providers sub-sector
Under subsection 9(1) of the Act, for the 2026-27 levy period and the credit providers sub-sector, the determined estimate is $2,003,430.97, being the sum of the following specified amounts:
(a) for the purposes of paragraph 9(1)(a) of the Act, the amount of $401,341.45;
(b) for the purposes of paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Act, the amount of $1,739,116.27, comprising the following:
(i) $270,802.55 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(i) of the Act);
(ii) $1,243,313.72 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(ii) of the Act);
(iii) $225,000.00 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(iii) of the Act);
(iv) $0.00 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(v) of the Act).
less the excess amounts referred to in subsections 8(1) and (2) of this instrument.
8 Excess amount—credit providers sub-sector
(1) For the purposes of subsection 9(1) and paragraph 9(2)(a) of the Act, the excess amount for an earlier levy period and credit providers sub-sector is $137,026.75.
(2) For the purposes of subsection 9(1) and paragraph 9(2)(c) of the Act, the excess amount attributable to the credit providers sub-sector is $0.00.
9 Licensed personal advice sub-sector
Under subsection 9(1) of the Act, for the 2026-27 levy period and the licensed personal advice sub-sector, the determined estimate is $126,851,045.47, being the sum of the following specified amounts:
(a) for the purposes of paragraph 9(1)(a) of the Act, the amount of $108,715,443.07;
(b) for the purposes of paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Act, the amount of $21,741,838.07, comprising the following:
(i) $18,670,629.74 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(i) of the Act);
(ii) $2,546,208.33 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(ii) of the Act);
(iii) $525,000.00 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(iii) of the Act);
(iv) $0.00 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(v) of the Act);
less the excess amounts referred to in subsections 10(1) and (2) of this instrument.
10 Excess amount—licensed personal advice sub-sector
(1) For the purposes of subsection 9(1) and paragraph 9(2)(a) of the Act, the excess amount for an earlier levy period and the licensed personal advice sub-sector is $3,606,235.67.
(2) For the purposes of subsection 9(1) and paragraph 9(2)(c) of the Act, the excess amount attributable to the licensed personal advice sub-sector is $0.00.
11 Securities dealers sub-sector
Under subsection 9(1) of the Act, for the 2026-27 levy period and the securities dealers sub-sector, the determined estimate is $6,484,092.08, being the sum of the following specified amounts:
(a) for the purposes of paragraph 9(1)(a) of the Act, the amount of $4,337,716.58;
(b) for the purposes of paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Act, the amount of $2,228,745.21, comprising the following:
(i) $801,781.88 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(i) of the Act);
(ii) $1,201,963.33 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(ii) of the Act);
(iii) $225,000.00 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(iii) of the Act);
(iv) $0.00 (see subparagraph 9(1)(b)(v) of the Act);
less the excess amounts referred to in subsections 12(1) and (2) of this instrument.
12 Excess amount—securities dealers sub-sector
(1) For the purposes of subsection 9(1) and paragraph 9(2)(a) of the Act, the excess amount for an earlier levy period and the securities dealers sub-sector is $82,369.71.
(2) For the purposes of subsection 9(1) and paragraph 9(2)(c) of the Act, the excess amount attributable to the securities dealers sub-sector is $0.00.