RG 2 AFS Licensing Kit: Part 2 – Preparing your AFS licence or variation application
Issued 23 June 2022
This is a guide for applicants applying for an AFS licence or to vary their licence, including foreign financial services providers relying on . This guide forms Part 2 of the AFS Licensing Kit and outlines how to:
- complete the online Application for AFS licence and Application for variation of authorisation and other conditions; and
- prepare core proof documents.
An application for an AFS licence or a licence variation comprises the relevant application form and supporting core proof documents, with all of these documents provided to us at the same time.
Note: It is an offence under s1308 of the Corporations Act to provide false or misleading information to ASIC. ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþmust not grant an AFS licence if an applicant provides materially false or misleading information in its application (including by omission). ½ñÈÕÈÈÃÅʼþmay also cancel an AFS licence granted based on the application that contained materially false or misleading information (including by omission).
Applicants should also read Part 1 of the AFS Licensing Kit (RG 1), which explains the process of applying for and varying an AFS licence. Applicants will need to read Part 3 of the AFS Licensing Kit (RG 3) if they are asked to send us ‘additional’ proof documents.