Australian Credit Licence - Australian Government

Description

You will need this licence if you intend to engage in credit activity in Australia. There are two broad categories of people engaged in credit activities who need to be licensed:

  • credit providers such as lenders and lessors
  • providers of services to credit providers, including intermediaries, agents and some business process outsourcing operations.

You may be involved in credit activity if you provide, deal in or benefit from:

  • credit contracts
  • consumer leases
  • mortgages and guarantees
  • credit assistance services (for example, suggesting credit products to customers)
  • debt management assistance / debt management services.

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.

Forms

Task Business Structure Resources
Apply All Start or Resume Credit Licence Application (Opens in new window)

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.

Please use these contact details for help or more information:

Customer Contact Centre

Investors and Financial Consumers

Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Phone: 1300 300 630