Searching the credit licensee and representative registers
Australian credit licensees
The register lists all holders of an Australian credit licence. Under the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009, an Australian credit licence is required if an entity is engaging in credit activities or intending to engage in credit activities. Australian credit licensees may be individuals, companies, partnerships or multiple trustees and their licence can authorise them to:
- engage in credit activities as a credit provider;
- engage in credit activities other than as a credit provider or lessor (e.g. as a credit intermediary); or
- engage in all credit activities.
How do I search?
- Open the credit licensees register.
- Type in the name (or the first few characters of the name), ABN or the licence number of the licensee. When searching please note that some company names start with a symbol or a number. Where the licensee is a person, names are ordered by family name. For other licensees, names are ordered by licensee's name.
- Your search results will include names of people and/or organisations.
- Partnerships sometimes include first names or initials in their name eg T J SMITH & P D BROWN. This will appear under T rather than SMITH.
- The first screen will show basic details for the first 10 licences starting from the name entered. You may
- click on the licence number to see more details
- enter a new starting name at the bottom of the list and press SUBMIT
- press the MORE button to continue with the next 10 names
- start a new search (SEARCH AGAIN)
- Clicking on a licence number will show you the licence details, including addresses, previous licences held and business names. Options appear at the top to display the representatives for that licence or licence authorisation conditions.
- Clicking the credit representative option will show you a list of all the representatives for that licence.
- Clicking on a representative number will show you the details (business name, address and authorisations) for that representative as an authorised representative of that licensee (a representative may be authorised by more that one licensee and will appear against each). Representative authorisations show all or some of the authorisations of the Australian credit licensee.
- Clicking the licence authorisation conditions will show you the licensee authorisation conditions as they appear on the actual licence. If these have changed then a list of the dates on which the authorisations were changed will appear and you can select the data you wish to see.
- Other licence conditions may be printed on the actual licence and they relate to the licensee's obligations to, eg, compensation requirements, external dispute resolution requirements, employ 'key persons' and report to ASIC. To look at the printed licence, ask the licensee for a copy or order a copy through an ASIC information broker.
Search the credit licensee register
Australian credit representatives
- Open the credit representatives register.
- Type in the name (or the first few characters of the name) or the ABN or representative number of the representative. When searching please note that some company names start with a symbol or a number. Where the representative is a person, names are ordered by family name. For other representatives, names are ordered by representative's name.
- Your search results will include names of people and/or organisations.
- Partnerships sometimes include first names or initials in their name eg T J SMITH & P D BROWN. This will appear under T rather than SMITH.
- The first screen will show basic details for the first 10 representatives starting from the name entered. You may
- click on the representative name to see more details
- enter a new starting name at the bottom of the list and press SUBMIT
- press the MORE button to continue with the next 10 names
- start a new search (SEARCH AGAIN)
- Clicking on a name will show you the representative details, including representative number, ABN, commencement date, whether the representative has the same authorisations as the licensee and principal business address.
- Clicking the registered person or licensee name will show you the licensee or registered person details.
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ASIC Website: Printed 05/22/2013
