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Australian Credit Licence - Australian Government

Description

You will need this licence if you intend to engage in credit activity in Australia.

Credit activity includes:

  • providing credit under a credit contract or consumer lease
  • benefitting from mortgages or guarantees relating to a credit contract
  • exercising rights or performing obligations of a credit provider or lessor (either as the credit provider or lessor on behalf of another person who is the credit provider or lessor)
  • suggesting or assisting with particular credit contract or consumer lease
  • acting as an intermediary between a credit provider and a consumer (for a credit contract) or between a lessor and a consumer (for a consumer lease).

Service type

Licence

A licence defines the need to obtain recognition / certification and registration to undertake a certain business activity.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for this licence, you must:

  • be a fit and proper person (or if you are a company, those responsible for managing your credit business must be fit and proper)
  • not be subject to a banning order
  • have a current membership of an external dispute resolution scheme
  • have adequate professional indemnity insurance.

Please note that if you are a foreign entity that is not a registered foreign company you must appoint an Australian agent to apply for and hold this licence.

Duration

As specified

Fees

Fees Details for this service in table format.

Task Type Business Structure Description
Apply Application All

Fee information is in the attached fee resource.

Act(s) name

National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 Australian Government

Regulation(s) name

National Consumer Credit Protection Regulations 2010 Australian Government

Application process

Lodge

Please lodge your competed application with supporting documentation with the agency.

Administering agency

Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Investors and Financial Consumers

Contact details

Contact Email, Phone and Address Details for this service in simple two column table format, header then data.