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 ASIC Corporations (Foreign Financial Services Providers—Foreign AFS Licensees) Instrument 2020/198. This guide forms Part 2 of the AFS Licensing Kit and outlines how to:
- complete the online Form FS01 Application for AFS licence and Form FS03 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. ASIC must not grant an AFS licence if an applicant provides materially false or misleading information in its application (including by omission). ASIC may 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.