Maintain (update) or correct a relevant provider鈥檚 details
Australian financial services (AFS) licensees must keep their information on the Financial Advisers Register about relevant providers (颈苍肠濒耻诲颈苍驳听provisional relevant providers 补苍诲听time-share advisers) they have authorised accurate and current.
Relevant providers are responsible for letting their AFS licensee know when their details have changed.
When a relevant provider鈥檚 details change, the AFS licensee must update the Financial Advisers Register within听30 business days.
Update a relevant provider鈥檚 details
Relevant provider details that may need to be updated or changed on the Financial Advisers Register include:
- name (for example, due to marriage or name change)
- qualifications
- professional memberships
- financial product authorisations.
For a full list of details that must be included on the Financial Advisers Register, see听Information on the Financial Advisers Register.
Steps to update a relevant provider鈥檚 details on the Financial Advisers Register
Correct a relevant provider鈥檚 details
AFS licensees can request a correction to a relevant provider鈥檚 details on the Financial Advisers Register. For example, if there is a typographical error or a mistake in their:
- date of birth, or
- place of birth.
If the听capacity in which the relevant provider can provide tax (financial) advice services is incorrect, and this cannot be updated by submitting a maintain transaction, the AFS licensee may request a correction听to this information听by submitting听this form a听correction request听via听.
We may contact the AFS licensee for evidence to support the request, for example, a driver licence or birth certificate. We will contact the person who requested the correction with the outcome of their request.
厂别别听How to request a correction to authorised representative and relevant provider details听for step-by-step instructions on how to do this.
Report inaccurate information on the Financial Advisers Register
If you are concerned about the details of another relevant provider on the Financial Advisers Register,听see what you should do.
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