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Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 14 of 2021
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This Reporting Standard is made under section 13 of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001.
Purpose
Information collected under this Reporting Standard is used by APRA for the purposes of prudential supervision and publication. It may also be used by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
Application
This Reporting Standard applies to each registrable superannuation entity (RSE) licensee (RSE licensee) in respect of each RSE and defined benefit RSE within its business operations[1].
Commencement
This Reporting Standard commences on the day it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
Reporting period
Reporting periods under this Reporting Standard are each year ending 30 June.
Historical information required
RSE licensees must provide information required by this Reporting Standard under SRF 251.2 for each reporting period ending on or after 30 June 2016 but before 30 June 2021.
An RSE licensee to which this Reporting Standard applies must provide the information required under paragraph 6, by 28 February 2022.
Information required
RSE licensees must provide information required by this Reporting Standard under SRF 251.0, SRF 251.1, SRF 251.2 and SRF 251.3 for reporting periods ending on or after 30 June 2021.
An RSE licensee to which this Reporting Standard applies must provide the information required by paragraph 8, within 3 months after the end of the relevant reporting period.
Quarterly attestation required
An RSE licensee must provide APRA an attestation that the information it last provided APRA under this Reporting Standard on SRF 251.3 was still accurate as at the end of every calendar quarter (i.e. the periods ending 30 September, 31 December, 31 March and 30 June each year) or that the RSE Licensee has, or will be, providing updated information to APRA in accordance with paragraph 12.
An RSE licensee to which this Reporting Standard applies must provide information required under paragraph 10, within 28 calendar days after the end of each calendar quarter.
Ad-hoc information required
Where an RSE licensee makes a change to information relating to insurance that the RSE licensee is required to disclose information to members and this results in a change to information reported on SRF 251.3 under this Reporting Standard, the RSE licensee must provide updated information on SRF 251.3 required by this Reporting Standard as at the date of the change, by the later date of 28 calendar days after the change, or 30 September 2021.
Notices
If, having regard to the particular circumstances of an RSE and defined benefit RSE, APRA considers it necessary or desirable to obtain information more or less frequently than as provided by paragraph 5, APRA may, by notice in writing, change the reporting periods for the particular RSE or defined benefit RSE.
Where APRA has changed the reporting periods under paragraph 13, the RSE licensee must provide the relevant information within the time specified by the notice in writing.
APRA may grant, in writing, an RSE licensee an extension of a due date with respect to one or more RSEs or defined benefit RSEs within its business operations, in which case the new due date for the provision of the information will be the due date on the specified notice of extension.
Note: For the avoidance of doubt, if the due date falls on a day other than a usual business day, an RSE licensee is nonetheless required to submit the information required no later than the due date.
Form and method of submission
The information required by this Reporting Standard must be given to APRA in electronic format using an electronic method available on APRA’s website or by a method notified by APRA prior to submission.
Quality control
The information provided by an RSE licensee under this Reporting Standard must be the product of systems, procedures and internal controls that have been reviewed and tested by the RSE auditor of the RSE, or defined benefit RSE to which the information relates[2]. This will require the RSE auditor to review and test the RSE licensee’s systems, procedures and internal controls designed to enable the RSE licensee to report reliable information to APRA. This review and testing must be done on:
(a) an annual basis or more frequently if necessary to enable the RSE auditor to form an opinion on the reliability and accuracy of information; and
(b) at least a limited assurance engagement consistent with professional standards and guidance notes issued by the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board as may be amended from time to time, to the extent that they are not inconsistent with the requirements of Prudential Standard SPS 310 Audit and Related Matters (SPS 310).
All information provided by an RSE licensee under this Reporting Standard must be subject to systems, processes and controls developed by the RSE licensee for the internal review and authorisation of that information. It is the responsibility of the Board and senior management of the RSE licensee to ensure that an appropriate set of policies, procedures and controls for the authorisation of information submitted to APRA is in place.
Authorisation
When an officer or agent of an RSE licensee provides the information required by this Reporting Standard using an electronic format, the officer or agent must digitally sign the relevant information using a digital certificate acceptable to APRA.
If the information required by this Reporting Standard is provided by an agent who submits the information on the RSE licensee’s behalf, the RSE licensee must:
(a) obtain from the agent a copy of the completed form with the information provided to APRA; and
(b) retain the completed copy.
An officer or agent of an RSE licensee who submits the information under this Reporting Standard for, or on behalf of, the RSE licensee must be authorised by either:
(a) the Chief Executive Officer of the RSE licensee; or
(b) the Chief Financial Officer of the RSE licensee.
Minor alterations to forms and instructions
APRA may make minor variations to:
(a) a form that is part of this Reporting Standard, and the instructions to such a form, to correct technical, programming or logical errors, inconsistencies or anomalies; or
(b) the instructions to a form, to clarify their application to the form,
without changing any substantive requirement in the form or instructions.
If APRA makes such a variation, it must notify each RSE licensee that is required to report under this Reporting Standard.
Interpretation
In this Reporting Standard:
APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority established under the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998.
Chief Executive Officer means the chief executive officer of the RSE licensee, by whatever name called, and whether or not he or she is a member of the Board of the RSE licensee[3].
Chief Financial Officer means the chief financial officer of the RSE licensee, by whatever name called.
defined benefit RSE has the meaning of defined benefit fund in subsection 10(1) of the SIS Act.
due date means the relevant due date under paragraph 7, 9, 11, 12 or, if applicable, paragraph 15 of this Reporting Standard.
reporting period means a period mentioned in paragraph 5 or, if applicable, paragraph 13 of this Reporting Standard.
RSE means a registrable superannuation entity as defined in subsection 10(1) of the SIS Act that is not a defined benefit RSE, pooled superannuation trust, ERF, small APRA fund or single member approved deposit fund[4].
RSE auditor means an auditor appointed by the RSE licensee to perform functions under this Reporting Standard.
RSE licensee has the meaning given in subsection 10(1) of the SIS Act.
SIS Act means Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993.
In this Reporting Standard, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to an Act, Regulation, Prudential Standard, Reporting Standard, Australian Accounting Standard or Auditing Standard is a reference to the instrument as in force or existing from time to time.
Where this Reporting Standard provides for APRA to exercise a power or discretion, this power or discretion is to be exercised in writing.