Financial Sector (Collection of Data) determination No. 76 of 2005 Reporting Standard ARS 230.0 (2005) Commercial Property (Cth)

Financial Sector (Collection of Data) determination No. 76 of 2005

Reporting Standard ARS 230.0 (2005)

Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001

I, Wayne Stephen Byres, a delegate of APRA, under paragraph 13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 (‘the Act’) MAKE the reporting standard set out in the Schedule, which applies to the financial sector entities referred to in paragraph 2 of the reporting standard.
Under section 15 of the Act, I DECLARE that the reporting standard shall begin to apply those financial sector entities on the date of registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Dated 27 July 2005
[Signed]
Wayne Byres
Executive General Manager
Diversified Institutions Division
APRA
Interpretation

In this Notice

APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.

Schedule

Reporting Standard ARS 230.0 (2005)

Commercial Property
Objective of this reporting standard
This reporting standard is made under section 13 of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 (the Collection of Data Act). It requires all authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs), including foreign ADIs operating in Australia through branch operations, but excluding specialist credit card institutions, to report to APRA, generally on a bi-annual basis, in relation to their commercial property.
This reporting standard outlines the overall requirements for the provision of relevant information to APRA. It should be read in conjunction with:
·the versions of Form ARF 230.0 Commercial Property (Form ARF 230.0) designated ‘Consolidated Group or Licensed ADI for Banks’ and ‘Consolidated Group and Licensed ADI for other ADIs’, and the associated instructions (all of which are attached and form part of this reporting standard).

Purpose

Data collected in Form ARF 230.0 is used by APRA for the purpose of prudential supervision. It may also be used by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Application and commencement
This reporting standard will apply, from the date of registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments, to all ADIs except specialist credit card institutions.
Information required
A bank must provide APRA with the following information for each reporting period:

(a) if the bank is the highest parent entity in relation to a consolidated ADI group – the information required by the version of Form ARF 230.0 designated ‘Consolidated Group or Licensed ADI for Banks’, completed on a consolidated group basis; or
(b) if the bank is not a highest parent entity in relation to a consolidated ADI group – the information required by the version of Form ARF 230.0 designated ‘Consolidated Group or Licensed ADI for Banks’, completed on a licensed ADI basis.
Note: Paragraph (b) will apply to a foreign ADI that is a bank (as well as to a certain locally-incorporated banks).

An ADI that is a building society, credit union, special service provider or Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Ltd, must provide APRA with the following information for each reporting period:

(a) the information required by the version of Form ARF 230.0 designated for a ‘Consolidated Group and Licensed ADI for other ADIs’, completed on a licensed ADI basis; and
(b) if the ADI is the highest parent entity in relation to a consolidated ADI group – the information required by the version of Form ARF 230.0 designated for a ‘Consolidated Group and Licensed ADI for other ADIs’, completed on a consolidated group basis.
Forms and method of submission

The information required by this reporting standard must be given to APRA either:
(a)in electronic form, using one of the electronic submission mechanisms provided by the ‘Direct to APRA’ (also known as ‘D2A’) application; or
(b)manually completed on paper, which must be faxed or mailed to APRA’s head office.
Note: the Direct to APRA application software and paper forms may be obtained from APRA.
Reporting periods and due dates
Subject to paragraph 7, an ADI must provide the information required by this reporting standard for reporting periods comprising each 6-month period ending 30 September and 31 March.
APRA may, by notice in writing, change the reporting periods, or specified reporting periods, for a particular ADI, to require it to provide the information required by this reporting standard more frequently, or less frequently, having regard to:
(a)the particular circumstances of the ADI;
(b)the extent to which the information is required for the purposes of the prudential supervision of the ADI; and
(c)the requirements of the Reserve Bank of Australia or the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The information required by this reporting standard must be provided to APRA by 20 business days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates.
APRA may grant an ADI an extension of a due date in writing, in which case the new due date for the provision of the information will be the date on the notice of extension.
Quality control
The information provided by an ADI under this reporting standard (except for the information required under subparagraphs 3(a) and 4(b)) must be the product of processes and controls that have been reviewed and tested by the external auditor of the ADI. AGS 1008 ‘Audit Implications of Prudential Reporting Requirements for Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions’, issued by the Auditing and Assurances Standards Board of the Australian Accounting Research Foundation, provides guidance on the scope and nature of the review and testing required from external auditors. This review and testing must be done on an annual basis or more frequently if necessary to enable the external auditor to form an opinion on the accuracy and reliability of the data.
All information provided by an ADI under this reporting standard must be subject to processes and controls developed by the ADI for the internal review and authorisation of that information. It is the responsibility of the board and senior management of the ADI to ensure that an appropriate set of policies and procedures for the authorisation of data submitted to APRA is in place.
Authorisation
If an ADI submits information under this reporting standard using the ‘Direct to APRA’ software, it will be necessary for an officer of the ADI to digitally sign, authorise and encrypt the relevant data. For this purpose, APRA’s certificate authority will issue ‘digital certificates’, for use with the software, to officers of the ADI who have authority from the ADI to transmit the data to APRA.
If information under this reporting standard is provided in paper form, it must be signed on the front page of the relevant completed form by either:

(a) the Principal Executive Officer of the ADI; or
(b) the Chief Financial Officer of the ADI (whatever his or her official title may be).
Minor alterations to forms and instructions

APRA may make minor variations to:

(a) a form that is part of this reporting standard, and the instructions to such a form, to correct technical, programming or logical errors, inconsistencies or anomalies; or
(b) the instructions to a form, to clarify their application to the form
without changing any substantive requirement in the form or instructions.

If APRA makes such a variation it must notify in writing each ADI that is required to report under this reporting standard.
Transitional
If the due date for lodgement in respect of a reporting period is a day after the date of registration of this reporting standard on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments, an ADI must report under this reporting standard in respect of that reporting period (including where the reporting period ended before the date of registration).
Interpretation - classifications of ADIs
In this reporting standard:
Accounting Standard AASB 1024 means the accounting standard so designated made by the Australian Accounting Standards Board, being the accounting standard that applied in respect of reporting periods (within the meaning of the accounting standard) commencing immediately before 1 January 2005.
ADI means an authorised deposit-taking institution within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959.
ADI list means the attached ADI list.
bank means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Australian-owned Banks’ or ‘Foreign Subsidiary Banks’ or ‘Branches of Foreign Banks’ in the ADI list.
building society means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Building Societies’ in the ADI list.
consolidated ADI group means a group comprising:

(a)      an ADI that is a highest parent entity; and
(b)      each subsidiary (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 1024) of that ADI, whether the subsidiary is locally-incorporated or not, other than a subsidiary that is excluded by the instructions attached to this standard.
credit union means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Credit Unions’ in the ADI list.
foreign ADI means, subject to paragraph 18, an ADI that is incorporated outside Australia.
highest parent entity means an ADI that satisfies all of the following conditions:
(a)      it is locally-incorporated;
(b)      it has at least one subsidiary (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 1024); and
(c)      it is not itself a subsidiary (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 1024) of an ADI that is locally-incorporated.
locally-incorporated means, subject to paragraph 18, incorporated in Australia.
special service provider means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Other ADIs’ in the ADI list (other than Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited).
specialist credit card institution means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Specialist Credit Card Institutions (SCCIs)’ in the ADI list.

For the purposes of this reporting standard, Bank of China is taken to be a locally-incorporated ADI and a locally-incorporated bank.
If an ADI is not in the ADI list, then:

(a)      if the ADI assumes or uses the word ‘bank’ in relation to its financial business, it is taken to be a bank for the purposes of this reporting standard;
(b)     if the ADI assumes or uses the expression ‘building society’ in relation to its financial business, it is taken to be a building society for the purposes of this reporting standard;
(c)      if the ADI assumes or uses the expression ‘credit union’, ‘credit society’ or ‘credit co-operative’ in relation to its financial business, it is taken to be a credit union for the purposes of this reporting standard; and
(d) if the ADI engages in credit card issuing or credit card acquiring, or both, and does not otherwise carry on banking business within the meaning of section 5 of the Banking Act 1959, then it is taken to be a specialist credit card institution for the purposes of this reporting standard.

APRA may in writing determine that an ADI is taken to be a bank, building society, credit union, special service provider or specialist credit card institution for the purposes of this reporting standard (even if, under paragraph 17, 18 or 19, it comes within a different classification).
Interpretation - other definitions
In this reporting standard:
business days means ordinary business days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
Principal Executive Officer means the principal executive officer of the ADI for the time being, by whatever name called, and whether or not he or she is a member of the governing board of the entity.
reporting period means a reporting period under paragraph 6 or, if applicable, paragraph 7.

The ADI list
Australian-owned Banks

Adelaide Bank Limited
AMP Bank Limited
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
Bank of Queensland Limited
Bendigo Bank Limited
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia Limited (a subsidiary of Commonwealth Bank of Australia)
Elders Rural Bank Limited
Macquarie Bank Limited
Members Equity Bank Pty Limited
National Australia Bank Limited
St George Bank Limited
Suncorp-Metway Limited
Westpac Banking Corporation
Foreign Subsidiary Banks
Arab Bank Australia Limited
Bank of Cyprus Australia Pty Limited
BankWest (the trading name of Bank of Western Australia Limited, a foreign subsidiary bank following its sale to Bank of Scotland in December 1995)
Citibank Pty Limited (a subsidiary of Citibank N.A.)
HSBC Bank Australia Limited
ING Bank (Australia) Limited
Investec Bank (Australia) Limited
Laiki Bank (Australia) Limited
NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Limited
Rabobank Australia Limited (a subsidiary of Rabobank Nederland from October 1994)
Branches of Foreign Banks
ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
Bank of America, National Association
Bank of China (subject to depositor protection provisions of the Banking Act 1959)
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd
Barclays Capital (the trading name of Barclays Bank plc)
BNP Paribas
Citibank N.A.
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank AG
HSBC Bank plc
ING Bank NV
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited
Rabobank Nederland (the trading name of Co-operative Central Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A.)
Royal Bank of Canada
Société Générale
Standard Chartered Bank
State Bank of India
State Street Bank and Trust Company
The International Commercial Bank of China
The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
The Toronto-Dominion Bank
Taiwan Business Bank
UBS AG
United Overseas Bank Limited
WestLB AG
Building Societies
ABS Building Society Ltd
B & E Ltd
Greater Building Society Ltd
Heritage Building Society Limited
Home Building Society Ltd
Hume Building Society Ltd
IMB Ltd
Lifeplan Australia Building Society Limited
Mackay Permanent Building Society Ltd
Maitland Mutual Building Society Limited
Newcastle Permanent Building Society Ltd
Pioneer Permanent Building Society Limited
The Rock Building Society Limited
Wide Bay Australia Ltd
Credit Unions
Amcor Credit Co-operative Limited
AMP Employees' & Agents Credit Union Limited
Austral Credit Union Limited
Australian Central Credit Union Limited
Australian Defence Credit Union Ltd
Australian National Credit Union Limited
AWA Credit Union Limited
Bananacoast Community Credit Union Ltd
Bankstown City Credit Union Ltd
Berrima District Credit Union Ltd
Big River Credit Union Ltd
Big Sky Credit Union Ltd
Blue Mountains and Riverlands Community Credit Union Ltd
Broadway Credit Union Ltd
Calare Credit Union Ltd
Capital Credit Union Ltd
Capricornia Credit Union Ltd
Carboy (SA) Credit Union Limited
Central Murray Credit Union Limited
Central West Credit Union Limited
Circle Credit Co-operative Limited
Coastline Credit Union Limited
Collie Miners Credit Union Ltd
Combined Australian Petroleum Employees' Credit Union Ltd
Community Alliance Credit Union Limited
Community First Credit Union Limited
Companion Credit Union Limited
Comtax Credit Union Limited
Connect Credit Union of Tasmania Limited
Country First Credit Union Ltd
CPS Credit Union (SA) Ltd
CPS Credit Union Co-operative (ACT) Limited
Credit Union Australia Ltd
Credit Union Home Loans Australia Limited
Credit Union Incitec Pivot Limited
Croatian Community Credit Union Limited
CSR and Rinker Employees Credit Union Limited
Dairy Farmers Credit Union Ltd
Dana Employees Credit Union
Defence Force Credit Union Limited
Discovery Credit Union Ltd
Dnister Ukrainian Credit Co-operative Limited
ELCOM Credit Union Ltd
Electricity Credit Union Ltd
Encompass Credit Union Limited
Ericsson Employees Credit Co-operative Limited
Esso Employees' Credit Union Ltd
Eurobodalla Credit Union Ltd
Family First Credit Union Limited
Fire Brigades Employees' Credit Union Limited
Fire Service Credit Union Limited
Firefighters & Affiliates Credit Co-operative Limited
First Pacific Credit Union Limited
Fitzroy & Carlton Community Credit Co-operative Limited
Flying Horse Credit Union Co-operative Limited
Ford Co-operative Credit Society Limited
Gateway Credit Union Ltd
Geelong & District Credit Co-operative Society Limited
GMH (Employees) Q.W.L. Credit Co-operative Limited
Goldfields Credit Union Ltd
Gosford City Credit Union Ltd
Goulburn Murray Credit Union Co-operative Limited
H.M.C. Staff Credit Union Ltd
Heritage Isle Credit Union Limited
Hibernian Credit Union Limited
Holiday Coast Credit Union Ltd
Horizon Credit Union Ltd
Hoverla Ukrainian Credit Co-operative Ltd
Hunter Mutual Limited
Hunter United Employees' Credit Union Limited
Industries Mutual Credit Union Limited
Intech Credit Union Limited
Island State Credit Union Ltd
Karpaty Ukrainian Credit Union Limited
La Trobe Country Credit Co-operative Limited
La Trobe University Credit Union Co-operative Limited
Laboratories Credit Union Ltd
Latvian Australian Credit Co-operative Society Limited
Lithuanian Co-operative Society (Talka) Limited
Lysaght Credit Union Ltd
M.S.B. Credit Union Limited
MacArthur Credit Union Ltd
Macaulay Community Credit Co-operative Limited
Macquarie Credit Union Limited
Maleny and District Community Credit Union Limited
Manly Warringah Credit Union Ltd
Maritime Workers of Australia Credit Union Ltd
Maroondah Credit Union Ltd
MECU Limited
Media Credit Union Queensland Ltd
Melbourne University Credit Union Limited
Memberfirst Credit Union Limited
N.R.M.A. Employees' Credit Union Ltd
NACOS Credit Union Limited
New England Credit Union Ltd
Newcom Colliery Employees' Credit Union Ltd
North East Credit Union Co-operative Limited
Northern Inland Credit Union Ltd
Nova Credit Union Limited
NSW Teachers Credit Union Ltd
Old Gold Credit Union Co-operative Limited
Orana Credit Union Ltd
Orange Credit Union Limited
Phoenix (NSW) Credit Union Ltd
Pinnacle Credit Union Limited
Plenty Credit Co-operative Limited
Police & Nurses Credit Society Limited
Police Association Credit Co-operative Limited
Police Credit Union Limited
Polish Community Credit Union Ltd
Power Credit Union Limited
Powerstate Credit Union Ltd
Prospect Credit Union Limited
Pulse Credit Union Limited
Qantas Staff Credit Union Limited
Queensland Community Credit Union Limited
Queensland Country Credit Union Ltd
Queensland Police Credit Union Limited
Queensland Professional Credit Union Ltd
Queensland Teachers' Credit Union Limited
Queenslanders Credit Union Limited
RACV Credit Union Limited
Railways Credit Union Limited
Randwick Credit Union Limited
RegionalOne Credit Union Limited
Reliance Credit Union Ltd
Resources Credit Union Limited
RTA Staff Credit Union Limited
Satisfac Direct Credit Union Limited
Savings and Loans Credit Union (S.A.) Ltd
Security Credit Union Ltd
Select Credit Union Ltd
Service One Credit Union Ltd
SGE Credit Union Ltd
Shell Employees' Credit Union Limited
Shoalhaven Paper Mill Employee's Credit Union Ltd
South West Slopes Credit Union Ltd
Southern Cross Credit Union Limited
South-West Credit Union Co-operative Limited
St Mary's Swan Hill Co-operative Credit Society Limited
St Patrick's Mentone Co-operative Credit Society Limited
Statewest Credit Society Limited
Sutherland Credit Union Ltd
Sutherland Shire Council Employees' Credit Union Ltd
Sydney Credit Union Ltd
TAB Credit Union Limited
Tartan Credit Union Ltd
The Broken Hill Community Credit Union Ltd
The Gympie Credit Union Ltd
The Police Department Employees' Credit Union Limited
The Summerland Credit Union Limited
The TAFE and Community Credit Union Limited
The University Credit Society Limited
Traditional Credit Union Limited
TransComm Credit Co-operative Limited
Uni Credit Union Ltd
United Credit Union Limited
Victoria Teachers Credit Union Limited
Wagga Mutual Credit Union Ltd
Warwick Credit Union Ltd
WAW Credit Union Co-operative Limited
Westax Credit Society Ltd
Western City Credit Union Ltd
Woolworths/Safeway Employees' Credit Co-operative Limited
Wyong Council Credit Union Ltd
Yennora Credit Union Ltd
Specialist Credit Card Institutions (SCCIs)
Foreign-owned SCCIs
GE Capital Finance Australia
GE Finance Australasia Pty Ltd
Locally Incorporated SCCIs
MoneySwitch Limited
Other ADIs
These companies are run by industry bodies and provide services (e.g. payments clearing) to member building societies and credit unions.

Australian Settlements Limited
Credit Union Services Corporation (Australia) Limited
Creditlink Services Limited
One ADI that provides general banking services which does not fall into the other categories.
Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited

Reporting Form ARF 230.0
Commercial Property
Instruction Guide
This Instruction Guide is designed to assist in the completion of the Commercial Property form. The ADI’s exposure to commercial property in “Australia” and “Overseas” is required to be reported separately in the form (both Parts A and B).
General directions and notes
Reporting entity
The Commercial Property form is to be completed by all locally incorporated banks on either a Licensed ADI or Consolidated ADI Group basis (where applicable).
Foreign ADIs[1] operating through branches in Australia are required to complete this form on a Licensed ADI basis only.
Credit Unions, Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited, Building Societies and Special Service Providers are to complete this form on both a Licensed ADI and Consolidated ADI Group basis (where applicable).
Note: Specialist Credit Card Institutions (SCCIs) are not required to complete this form.
[1] These instructions and any relevant form are to apply to the Bank of China as if its branch operations in Australia constituted a locally-incorporated bank. Accordingly: (a) the Bank of China is to undertake stand-alone or ‘Licensed ADI’ reporting in respect of the bank’s Australian branch operations, as if those operations constituted a locally-incorporated bank; and (b) ‘Consolidated Group’ reporting for Bank of China is to encompass (i) those branch operations (as if they constituted a locally-incorporated bank) and (ii) any locally-incorporated subsidiary of the Bank of China.
Licensed ADI
This refers to the operations of the reporting ADI on a stand-alone basis.
Consolidated ADI group
This refers to the global operations of the ADI and all its controlled entities (where relevant), consolidated in accordance with Australian accounting standards (AASB 1024 ‘Consolidated Accounts’).
‘Controlled entity’, ‘parent entity’. These terms are defined in accordance with AASB 1024.
The basis of consolidation required in this form is in accordance with the prudential Consolidated ADI Group. The prudential consolidated group should also be determined in accordance with Australian accounting standards, notably AASB 1024 with the following modifications:

Include the following:

all controlled banking entities, securities entities and other financial entities (e.g. finance companies, money market corporations, stockbrokers and leasing companies.

Exclude subsidiary entities involved in the following business activities:

insurance businesses (including friendly societies and health funds);
acting as manager, responsible entity, approved trustee, trustee or similar role in relation to funds management or the securitisation of assets; and
non-financial (commercial) operations.
Reporting period
The form is to be completed as at the last day of September and March. Locally incorporated banks, Foreign ADIs, Credit Unions, Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited, Building Societies and Special Service Providers should submit the completed form to APRA within 20 business days after the end of the relevant reporting period.
Unit of measurement
Banks are asked to complete the form in millions of Australian dollars rounded to one decimal place. Special Service Providers, Building Societies, Credit Unions and Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited are asked to complete the form in whole Australian dollars (no decimal place).
Amounts denominated in foreign currency are to be converted to AUD in accordance with AASB 1012 ‘Foreign Currency Translation’.
The general requirements of AASB 1012 for translation are:

Foreign currency monetary items outstanding at the reporting date must be translated at the spot rate at the reporting date.
Other items outstanding at the reporting date must not be retranslated subsequent to initial recognition of the transaction.
Monetary items are defined to mean money held and assets and liabilities that are to be received or paid in fixed or determinable amounts of money.
Monetary items arising under foreign currency derivative contracts at the reporting date must be translated as follows:

Where the exchange rate is fixed in the contract, at that fixed exchange rate; and
Where the exchange rate varies, at the spot rate at the reporting date.
Netting
Amounts should be reported without any adjustment for netting arrangements.
Reporting threshold
Bank ADIs:
For the purposes of this report, only include commercial property exposures which exceed AUD $250,000.
Non-bank ADIs:
For the purposes of this report, include total commercial property exposures irrespective of the dollar amount.
Definition
Commercial property exposure is defined according to the nature of the risk. An exposure should be classified as commercial property risk, if the exposure is subject to the performance of the property market.
For reporting purposes, a commercial property exposure exists when a facility has been provided for the development, acquisition or improvement of landed property (real estate), and the servicing and repayment of the facility is dependent on the cash flows generated by the property itself through sale or rental income, and/or from cash flows generated from other properties owned by the borrower.
The following points may assist to further clarify this general definition:
The definition excludes residential property loans for owner occupation and loans to individuals or families for investment in residential property.
Exclude loans to private family companies and/or family trusts where the residence is occupied by the directors or principal beneficiaries of the family trust.
Exclude loans to builders, construction companies or sub-contractors who are paid for the execution of their contracts by a third party and not out of the sale or rental of the property upon completion. If, however, they assume development risk, whether recognised as a developer or not, the exposure is classified as property exposure.
Rural exposures will generally not meet the definition of commercial property, unless the property has been acquired specifically for lease or resale, and where the servicing of the debt is dependent on such lease or resale (and/or the lease or resale of other properties).
Facilities to investment companies, property management companies and unit trusts whose success in business (and therefore the servicing and repayment of the debt) is predominantly dependent upon the performance of the property market are included in commercial property exposure.
Facilities provided for the acquisition of property to be used for generating income other than through rental or sale are classified under the industry from which the cash flow servicing the debt is derived. In such owner occupied properties where part of the debt servicing is derived from rental income, the classification depends on the predominant source of debt servicing. If most of the servicing is by way of income derived from the owner’s business, the exposure is classified under that business. However, if most of the servicing derives from the property itself, it is a property exposure.
The Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC) codes may be used as a guide. Although ANZSIC was not developed for this purpose, property exposures will generally be to enterprises classified under ANZSIC 771 (Property Operators and Developers), and exclude those under subdivision 57 (Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants). Also excluded are loans to enterprises classified under subdivision 41 (General Construction) unless they assume the development risk, as described above.

Specific instructions
Part A – Commercial property
Total exposure limits
When calculating total exposure limits, do not include internal limits, which have not been formally advised to a client and may be cancelled at your ADI’s discretion.
Total actual exposures
When calculating total actual exposures, the exposure should include:
Claims and commitments recorded on-balance sheet; and
The credit equivalent amounts of off-balance sheet claims and commitments.
Impaired exposures
The definition of impaired exposures should be consistent with the methodology used to compile the information for ARF 220.0 Impaired Assets – Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions (ADIs). Specific provisions and security held against these exposures are also requested.
Commercial property classifications
The information required for total exposure limits, total actual exposures, impaired exposures (balance outstanding, specific provisions & security held) are to be classified according to the type of commercial property market/categories to which the ADI is exposed. The categories that the exposures are to be classified in this form are listed below:

Office
Retail – includes retail shops, restaurants, shopping centres, petrol stations, etc.
Industrial - includes warehouses and factories.
Land development and subdivisions
Other Residential - includes residential exposures not excluded by point 1 in the general instructions.
Tourism and leisure - includes hotels, motels and lodgings, recreational and sporting facilities, hotel developments, time-share developments and other hospitality industries.
Other - includes other property exposures not elsewhere covered (e.g. health, education related, churches, infrastructure, etc).
An ADI’s own investment in commercial property (such as equity investments or purchases of units in trusts) should not be included in the main section of the form, but should be noted in Part B. Property held for the ADI’s own use should not be included.
Bank ADIs need only include commercial property exposures which exceed AUD 250 000, whilst non-bank ADIs should include total exposures irrespective of the dollar amount.
Part B – ADIs own investment in commercial property
An ADI’s own investment in commercial property (such as equity investments or purchases of units in trusts) should be included in this section of the form. Property held for the ADI’s own use should not be included.
Report the total current carrying value of investments in commercial property (such as equity investments and purchases of units in trusts), that exceed AUD $250 000 for bank ADIs, or the total for non-bank ADIs. Do not include property held for the ADI’s own use. Investments in Australia and overseas should be reported separately.
Report the value of all commercial property exposures written off against provisions, Asset Revaluation Reserves or profits during the reporting period. Write-offs in Australia and overseas are required to be reported separately.
Note on References to Accounting Standards
This Note is about references in these instructions to an accounting standard or accounting standards, e.g. where the instructions say that something must be done in accordance with a particular AASB or international accounting standard, or must be done in accordance with the accounting standards (however described) generally.
Where you see such a reference, you must read it as meaning the version of the accounting standard, or versions of the accounting standards, applying to reporting periods (within the meaning of the accounting standards) beginning immediately before 1 January 2005.
Accordingly, the new AASB standards for 2005 are not to be applied.
Similarly, a reference to principles or conventions (however described) governing an accounting procedure or treatment shall be taken to refer to principles or conventions applicable in relation to reporting periods (within the meaning of the accounting standards) that began immediately before 1 January 2005.