Minor alterations to forms and instructions

14. 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.

15. If APRA makes such a variation it must notify insurers in writing.

Transition

16. An insurer must report in relation to a reporting period ending prior to 1 January 2007 in accordance with the reporting standard that this reporting standard replaced.

Interpretation

17. In this reporting standard:

approved auditor means an auditor who has been approved by APRA under section 40 of the Insurance Act;

business days means ordinary business days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays;

foreign insurer means a foreign general insurer within the meaning of the Insurance Act;

Note: A reference to a ‘branch’ or ‘branch operation’ is a reference to the Australian operations of a foreign insurer.

Insurance Act means the Insurance Act 1973;

insurer means a general insurer within the meaning of the Insurance Act;

Note: In the forms and instructions, a reference to an ‘authorised insurer’, ‘authorised insurance entity’ or ‘licensed insurer’ is a reference to an insurer, and a reference to an ‘authorised reinsurance entity’ is a reference to an insurer whose business consists only of undertaking liability by way of reinsurance.