Legislation
The following legislation relates to the supervision of authorised deposit-taking institutions and includes links to the Federal Register of Legislation.
- Banking Act 1959
- Banking Regulations 2016
- Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998
- Financial Sector (Transfer and Restructure) Act 1999
- Financial Sector (Business Transfer and Group Restructure) determination No. 1 of 2017
- Financial Sector (Business Transfer and Group Restructure) determination No. 2 of 2017
- Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
- Financial Sector (Collection of Data - Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2001
- Authorised Deposit Taking Institutions Supervisory Levy Imposition Act 1998
Determinations and consent orders
APRA applies the following determinations and consent order for authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs)
- Banking exemption No. 1 of 2018 - Foreign Bank Securities
- Banking exemption No. 1 of 2021 - Religious charitable development funds
- Banking exemption No. 2 of 2018
- Banking (restricted word or expression) No. 2 of 2015 - Consent regarding "Offshore Banking Unit"
- Banking (restricted word or expression) No. 1 of 2018 - Building Societies, Credit Unions and Trustees of Superannuation Entities
- Banking (restricted word or expression) determination No 1 of 2025 - credit co-operative