‘Authorised Deposit-taking Institution’ (ADI) is defined in APS 001, to mean a body corporate authorised under section 9 of the Banking Act, to carry on banking business in Australia. [18] Reference in this Guidance Statement to an “ADI” will be taken, …

‘Appointed auditor’ means an independent auditor appointed by: an ADI as an auditor for the purposes of APS 310 and APS 910; and a Level 3 head as group auditor for the purposes of 3PS 310. APS 310 and APS 910 allows for the appointed auditor to be the …

‘Accounting records’ is defined in the AUASB Glossary as including “the records of initial accounting entries and supporting records, such as cheques and records of electronic fund transfers, invoices, contracts, the general and subsidiary ledgers, …

‘Advanced ADI’, means an ADI that has APRA’s approval to use an internal ratings-based approach to credit risk and/or an advanced measurement approach to operational risk, available under APRA Prudential Standards, for capital adequacy purposes. [20] ADIs …

‘Authorised non-operating holding company’ (authorised NOHC), is defined in APS 001 to have the same meaning as under section 5 of the Banking …

‘ADI Reporting Form’ (or Data Collection Form), means a form used for the collection and reporting of information in relation to an ADI, as required to be provided to APRA by an ADI in accordance with APRA Reporting Standards made under the …

‘Controls’ or ‘internal controls’, as used in this Guidance Statement, is defined in ASAE 3150 and generally encompasses the following components: the control environment; the ADI’s risk assessment process; the information system, including the related …

‘Economic and Financial Statistics (EFS) Collection’, is defined in APRA Reporting Standard ARS 701.0 ABS/RBA Definitions for the EFS Collection , and comprises the EFS Reporting Standards and data collected under the EFS Reporting …

‘Foreign ADI’, is defined in APS 001 to have the same meaning as under section 5 of the Banking Act. The terms “branch of a foreign bank” and “branch of a foreign ADI” are also used in APRA Reporting Standards and Reporting Forms when referring to a …

‘Group’, is defined in APS 001 as reference to a corporate group that comprises of more than one company that are related bodies corporate within the meaning of section 50 of the Corporations …