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Forms and method of submission

The information required by this reporting standard must be given to APRA either:

(a) in electronic form, using one of the electronic submission mechanisms provided by the ‘Direct to APRA’ (also known as ‘D2A’) application; or

(b) manually completed on paper, which must be faxed or mailed to APRA’s head office.

Note: the Direct to APRA application software and paper forms may be obtained from APRA.

Reporting periods and due dates

Subject to paragraph 6, a locally-incorporated bank that has a foreign bank office must provide the information required by this reporting standard for each quarter based on the financial year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) of the bank.
APRA may, by notice in writing, change the reporting periods, or specified reporting periods, for a particular bank, to require it to provide the information required by this reporting standard more frequently, or less frequently, having regard to:

(a) the particular circumstances of the bank;

(b) the extent to which the information is required for the purposes of the prudential supervision of the bank; and

The information required by this reporting standard must be provided to APRA by 20 business days after the end of the reporting period to which it relates.
APRA may grant an ADI an extension of a due date in writing, in which case the new due date for the provision of the information will be the date on the notice of extension.