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Authorised Representative Register

The is published on ob体育 connect and is managed by ob体育.

The AR Register is a public record of authorised representatives who have been authorised to provide specific financial services on behalf of the licence holder. It allows consumers to:

  • Check an authorised representative鈥檚 status
  • Check an authorised representative鈥檚 associated licensee
  • Check if an authorised representative has authority to sub-authorise

All authorised representatives are required to maintain their details on the AR Register.

Who is on the AR Register

The AR Register lists all authorised representatives who are authorised to provide specified financial services on behalf of an Australian financial services licensee.

The definition of an authorised representative is:

A person authorised in accordance with section 916A to provide a financial service or financial services on behalf of the licensee.

These authorised representatives may be:

  • individuals,
  • bodies corporate,
  • partnerships, or
  • a group of individuals and/or bodies corporate that are the trustees of a trust.

Who updates the AR Register

While ob体育 manages the AR Register, it is the AFS licensees' responsibility to add and update information on the AR Register. It is a breach of their obligations not to do so and penalties may apply.

If an authorised representative has been appointed to an AFS licensee to sub-authorise representatives, it is the AR鈥檚 responsibility to lodge the notice of appointment for the authorised representatives that are appointed.

Information on the AR Register

When you lodge online, the information you submit is updated on the AFS AR Register immediately. This means that you can find out the ob体育 number allocated to your authorised representatives straight away by searching our .

Fees for updating the AR Register

Fees and notification periods apply for updating information on the Authorised Representatives (AR) Register.

When an authorised representative's details change, the Australian financial services (AFS) licensee must update the AR Register within 30 business days.

Standard fees

A fee covers one authorised representative. For example, one fee for:

  • appointing (adding) one new authorised representative
  • updating multiple details at the same time about one authorised representative who is already on the AR Register
  • ceasing (removing) one authorised representative

Appointing, updating or ceasing two authorised representative incurs two fees.

Appointing, updating or ceasing 25 authorised representative incurs 25 fees.

If the person is both a financial adviser and an authorised representative, one transaction (one fee) updates both the Financial Advisers Register and the AR Register (you must select both role types in the transaction).

Transaction Fee

Appoint (add)

$59

Appoint within 10 business days of AFS licence being approved

No fee

Maintain (update) or correct

Multiple details can be updated or corrected for the same authorised representative in the same transaction

$37

Cease (remove)

$37

Late fees

Less than 30 business days' late

Over 30 business days' late

听

$96

$401

You can apply to ob体育 for a fee waiver in some circumstances. For more information, see听Information Sheet 87听Fee听waivers听(INFO 87).

Fees to add information

The following fees apply to add new information听or update existing information on the AR Register.

For existing authorised representatives

Transaction Fee

Add principal place of business and email address

No fee*

For all authorised representatives

Transaction Fee

Add or amend phone number

No fee

Appoint (add) authorised representative

$59

*Fee applies if other information is added, changed or updated in the same transaction

How to pay

When you make a transaction in ob体育 Connect, you can choose to:

  • pay straight away using a credit card, or
  • pay later by BPAY or invoice.

If you choose to pay by invoice, the invoice will be emailed within 48 hours to the person who made the transaction.

When to update the AR Register

If you are an Australian financial services licensee (AFS licensee) or an authoriser appointing authorised representatives to provide financial services, you must notify us within 30 business days of the appointment: see s916F(1) and see also regs 7.6.04AA and 7.6.08(1) of the听Corporations Regulations 2001.

For more information about how to notify ob体育, see Information Sheet 88 Notifying ob体育 of the appointment of authorised representatives (INFO 88).

How to update the AR Register

You can update the AR Register using .

When you appoint an authorised representative to your AFS licence, you must link the authorised representative to your ob体育 Connect account.

For more information, see Financial advisers and authorised representatives.

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Last updated: 03/04/2025 10:11