Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 8 of 2006 Reporting Standard ARS 220.3 Prescribed Provisioning (Cth)
Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 8 of 2006
Reporting standard ARS 220.3 Prescribed Provisioning
Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001
I, Charles Watts Littrell, a delegate of APRA, under paragraph 13(1)(a) of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 (the Act) and subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901:
REVOKE the Reporting Standard ARS 220.3 (2005) Prescribed Provisioning; and
DETERMINE the Reporting standard ARS 220.3 Prescribed Provisioning in the form 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 to those financial sector entities on the later of 1 July 2006 and the date of registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Dated 26 June 2006
[signed]
Charles Littrell
Executive General Manager
Policy, Research and Statistics
APRA
Interpretation
In this Determination
APRA means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.
Schedule
Reporting standard ARS 220.3 Prescribed Provisioning comprises 28 pages commencing on the next page.
Reporting Standard ARS 220.3
Prescribed Provisioning
Objective of this reporting standard
This reporting standard is made under section 13 of the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001. It applies to certain authorised deposit-taking institutions that apply the standardised provisioning methodology referred to in paragraph 11 of Prudential Standard APS 220 Credit Quality and described in Guidance Note AGN 220.3 Prescribed Provisioning to determine their level of specific provisions. This reporting standard requires those authorised deposit-taking institutions to report to APRA, generally on a quarterly basis, in relation to their prescribed provisioning.
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 220.3 Prescribed Provisioning designated for a ‘Licensed ADI’ and ‘Consolidated Group’ and the associated instructions (all of which are attached and form part of this reporting standard); and
Prudential Standard APS 220 Credit Quality and Guidance Note AGN 220.3 Prescribed Provisioning.
Purpose
Data collected in Form ARF 220.3 Prescribed Provisioning (Form ARF 220.3) is used by APRA for the purpose of prudential supervision including assessing compliance with Prudential Standard APS 220 Credit Quality. It may also be used by the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Application
This reporting standard applies to all relevant authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) (as defined by paragraph 17).
Information required
A relevant ADI must provide APRA with the information required by the version of Form ARF 220.3 designated for a ‘Licensed ADI’ for each reporting period.
A relevant ADI that is a highest parent entity in relation to a consolidated ADI group must also provide APRA with the information required by the version of Form ARF 220.3 designated for a ‘Consolidated Group’ for each reporting period.
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, a relevant ADI must provide the information required by this reporting standard for each quarter based on the financial year (within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001) of the ADI.
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 the following times:
(a)in the case of information required by paragraphs 3 and 4 from a relevant ADI that is a locally-incorporated credit union, locally-incorporated building society, specialist credit card institution (whether locally-incorporated or not) or Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited – 15 business days after the end of the reporting period to which the information relates; and
(b)in the case of the information required by paragraphs 3 and 4 from a relevant ADI that falls outside subparagraph 8(a) – 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 paragraph 4) 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 Assurance Standards Board 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
An ADI must report under the old reporting standard in respect of a transitional reporting period. For these purposes:
old reporting standard means the reporting standard revoked in the determination making this reporting standard (being the reporting standard which this reporting standard replaces).
transitional reporting period means a reporting period under the old reporting standard:
(a)which ended before the date of revocation of the old reporting standard; and
(b)in relation to which the ADI was required, under the old reporting standard, to report by a date on or after the date of revocation of the old reporting standard.
Interpretation - classifications of ADIs
In this reporting standard:
Accounting Standard AASB 127 means the accounting standard so made by the Australian Accounting Standards Board.
ADI means an authorised deposit-taking institution within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959.
ADI list means the attached 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 127) 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.
building society means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Building Societies’ in the ADI list.
credit union means an ADI whose name appears under the heading ‘Credit Unions’ in the ADI list.
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 127); and
(c)it is not itself a subsidiary (within the meaning of Accounting Standard AASB 127) of an ADI that is locally-incorporated.
locally-incorporated means incorporated in Australia.
relevant ADI means an ADI that applies the standardised provisioning methodology referred to in paragraph 11 of Prudential Standard APS 220 Credit Quality and described in Guidance Note AGN 220.3 Prescribed Provisioning to determine its level of specific provisions.
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 who name appears under the heading ‘Specialist Credit Card Institutions (SCCIs)’ in the ADI list.
If an ADI is not in the ADI list, then:
(a)if the ADI assumes or uses the expression ‘building society’ in relation to its financial business, and is locally-incorporated, it is taken to be a locally-incorporated building society for the purposes of this reporting standard; or
(b)if the ADI assumes or uses the expression ‘credit union’, ‘credit society’ or ‘credit co-operative’ in relation to its financial business, and is locally-incorporated, it is taken to be a locally-incorporated credit union for the purposes of this reporting standard; and
(c)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, and is locally-incorporated, it is taken to be a locally-incorporated specialist credit card institution for the purposes of this reporting standard.
APRA may in writing determine that an ADI is taken to be a locally-incorporated building society, locally-incorporated credit union, special service provider or locally-incorporated specialist credit card institution for the purposes of this reporting standard (even if, under paragraph 17 or 18, 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 China (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)
Citigroup Pty Limited
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 UFJ, Ltd
Barclays Capital (the trading name of Barclays Bank plc)
BNP Paribas
Citibank N.A.
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank AG
HBOS Treasury Services plc
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
Alliance One Credit Union Ltd
AMP Employees' & Agents Credit Union Limited
Austral Credit Union Limited
Australian Central Credit Union Limited
Australian Country Credit Union Ltd (trading as Reliance Credit Union)
Australian Defence Credit Union Ltd
AWA Credit Union Limited
Bananacoast Community Credit Union Ltd
Bankstown City Credit Union Ltd
Berrima District Credit Union Ltd
Big Sky Credit Union Ltd
Blue Mountains and Riverlands Community Credit Union Ltd
Broadway Credit Union Ltd
Calare Credit Union Ltd
CAPE Credit Union Limited
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
Community Alliance Credit Union Limited
Community CPS Australia 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 Co-operative (ACT) Limited
Credit Union Australia Ltd
Credit Union Incitec Pivot Limited
Croatian Community Credit Union Limited
CSR and Rinker Employees Credit Union Limited
Dairy Farmers Credit Union Ltd
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 Option Credit Union Limited
First Pacific Credit Union Limited
Fitzroy & Carlton Community Credit 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
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
Melbourne University Credit Union Limited
Memberfirst Credit Union Limited
New England Credit Union Ltd
Newcom Colliery Employees' Credit Union Ltd
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
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
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
Railways Credit Union Limited
RegionalOne Credit Union Limited
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 Limited
Shell Employees' Credit Union Limited
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
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 (eg payments clearing) to member building societies and credit unions.
Australian Settlements Limited
Credit Union Services Corporation (Australia) Limited
Indue Ltd
One ADI that provides general banking services which does not fall into the other categories.
Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited
Authorised Non-Operating Holding Companies
HBOS Australia Pty Ltd
Reporting Form ARF 220.3
Prescribed Provisioning
Instruction Guide
General directions and notes
Reporting entity
This form is to be completed by authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADIs) (including Specialist Credit Card Institutions (SCCIs)) that are subject to the standardised prescribed provisioning approach in determining their level of specific provisions. Relevant ADIs are required to submit the completed form on both a licensed ADI and consolidated ADI group basis (where applicable). Relevant SCCIs that operate as branches in Australia are required to complete this form for the Australian branch only.
Licensed ADI
This refers to the operations of the reporting ADI on a stand-alone basis.
Securitisation deconsolidation principle
Except where stated otherwise on this form, reporting entities must treat any securitisation program special purpose vehicles (SPVs) in which the ADI (or a member of its consolidated group) participates in accordance with APRA’s clean sale and separation requirements as non-consolidated independent third parties. As a result, for reporting purposes all assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of these SPVs must be excluded from the ADI’s reported amounts. Where relevant, report on this form any exposure to or other transaction between the ADI and any such SPV as if such transaction was conducted with an independent third party, regardless of whether the SPV or its assets is consolidated for accounting purposes.
APRA's clean sale and separation requirements are set out in APS 120 Funds Management and Securitisation and related Guidance Notes AGN 120.3 Purchase and Supply of Assets (including Securities Issued by SPVs) (AGN 120.3) and AGN 120.1 Disclosure and Separation. Whenever the clean sale and separation requirements are not met, all the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of the SPV are to be consolidated with the ADI’s reported amounts.
Note: ADIs should consult APRA in case of doubt as to whether a subsidiary or controlled entity that engaged in non-financial operations should be consolidated at Level 2 for capital adequacy purposes.
Consolidated ADI group
This refers to the consolidated group of the reporting ADI at Level 2 (i.e. the consolidated banking group level) defined in accordance with the ADI Prudential Standard APS 110 Capital Adequacy.
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 127 Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements 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;
non-financial (commercial) operations; and
SPVs whose assets have satisfied the clean sale requirements set down in AGN 120.3 (refer Securitisation deconsolidation principle).
Reporting period
The form is to be completed as at the last day of the stated reporting quarter.
A relevant ADI that is a locally-incorporated Credit Union, Cairns Penny Savings & Loans Limited, locally-incorporated Building Society or SCCI (whether locally-incorporated or not) must submit the completed form to APRA within 15 business days after the end of the relevant reporting quarter.
Other relevant ADIs must do so within 20 days after the end of the relevant quarter.
(For these purposes, ‘relevant ADI’ means an ADI that applies the standardised provisioning methodology referred to in paragraph 11 of Prudential Standard APS 220 Credit Quality (APS 220) and described in Guidance Note AGN 220.3 Prescribed Provisioning (AGN 220.3) to determine its level of specific provisions.)
Unit of measurement
Use whole Australian dollars (no decimal place) when completing this form.
Amounts denominated in foreign currency are to be converted to AUD in accordance with AASB 121 The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates (AASB 121).
The general requirements of AASB 121 for translation are:
foreign currency monetary items outstanding at the reporting date must be translated at the spot rate at the reporting date;1
1 Monetary items are defined to mean units of currency held and assets and liabilities to be received or paid in a fixed or determinable number of units of currency. Spot rate means the exchange rate for immediate delivery.
foreign currency non-monetary items that are measured at historical cost in a foreign currency must be translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction;2
2 Examples of non-monetary items include amounts prepaid for goods and services (e.g. prepaid rent); goodwill; intangible assets; physical assets; and provisions that are to be settled by the delivery of a non-monetary asset.
foreign currency non-monetary items that are measured at fair value will be translated at the exchange rate at the date when fair value was determined.
Transactions arising under foreign currency derivative contracts at the reporting date must be prepared in accordance with AASB 139 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement (AASB 139). However, those foreign currency derivatives that are not within the scope of AASB 139 (e.g. some foreign currency derivatives that are embedded in other contracts) remain within the scope of AASB 121.
For APRA purposes equity items must be translated using the foreign currency exchange rate at the date of investment or acquisition. Post acquisition changes in equity are required to be translated on the date of the movement.
As foreign currency derivatives are measured at fair value, the currency derivative contracts are translated at the spot rate at the reporting date.
Exchange differences should be recognised in profit and loss in the period which they arise. For foreign currency derivatives, the exchange differences would be recognised immediately in profit and loss if the hedging instrument is a fair value hedge. For derivatives used in a cash flow hedge, the exchange differences should be recognised directly in equity.
The ineffective portion of the exchange differences in all hedges would be recognised in profit and loss; and
translation of financial reports of foreign operations.
A foreign operation is defined in AASB 121 as meaning an entity that is a subsidiary, associate, joint venture or branch of a reporting entity, the activities of which are based or conducted in a country or currency other than those of the reporting entity.
·Exchange differences relating to foreign currency monetary items that form part of the net investment of an entity in a foreign operation, must be recognised as a separate component of equity.
·Translation of financial reports should otherwise follow the requirements in AASB 121.
Scope
ARF 220.3 Prescribed Provisioning (ARF 220.3) is to be completed by all ADIs applying the prescribed provisioning methodology outlined in paragraph 11 of APS 220. In general, those ADIs using the standardised provisioning approach will be those where APRA accepts that a more sophisticated approach is not warranted or it judges an ADI’s own provisioning practices to be inadequate in view of its credit risk profile and system capabilities. Those ADIs currently adopting this approach are at liberty to discuss any plans they might have to adopt an alternative methodology with APRA.
ADIs applying the prescribed provisioning methodology are asked to categorise their activities giving rise to credit risk into four categories (refer below). Where an exposure maintained by an ADI does not fall into one of the four categories outlined and it is an impaired asset, the amount of specific provision to be held against this item shall be agreed with APRA. The prescribed provision attaching to each category is calculated by reference to the relevant provision percentages, and represents the minimum specific provision that is to be raised. Where the ADI believes that the prescribed provision raised does not adequately cover the expected loss outcome, further specific provisions should be raised.
Outstanding balances should be reported net of interest and other income not taken to profit, and net of any amounts written off. For overdraft facilities and revolving lines of credit, the outstanding balance is to be reported as the total amount of the facility outstanding, and not the amount that the facility exceeds the previously approved limit. For overdrawn savings accounts, the outstanding balance represents the debit balance of the account.
Specific instructions
A facility subject to a regular repayment schedule is regarded as “90 days past due” when: (a) at least 90 calendar days have elapsed since the due date of a contractual payment which has not been met in full; and (b) the total amount outside contractual arrangements is equivalent to at least 90 days worth of contractual payments. An item shall cease to be classified as 90 days past due when arrears have been reduced so that the exposure no longer represents 90 days’ worth of contractual payments outstanding post the date the facility becoming past due.
For other facilities (e.g. overdrafts, other items of a revolving nature and overdrawn savings accounts), the basis of determining the period of irregularity will be the number of consecutive days that the facility has been outside contracted arrangements. For example, an overdrawn savings account is to be regarded as say 16 days irregular when it has been overdrawn for 16 calendar days.
Category one facilities
Category one facilities include:
(a)an exposure that is secured by a registered first mortgage against a residential property and is insured by an eligible lenders mortgage insurer for 100 per cent of the outstanding balance;
(b)an exposure that is secured by a registered first mortgage against a residential property, where the ratio of the outstanding balance, less the amount of mortgage insurance, to the valuation of the security is no more than 80 per cent (where the exposure is 6 months or more worth of payments past due, the valuation must be no older than 12 months); and
(c)an exposure that is secured by a qualifying registered second mortgage where:
(i)the ratio of the outstanding balances of the facilities secured by both first and second mortgages to the valuation of the residential property does not exceed 80 per cent, and the first mortgage cannot be extended without it being subordinated to the second mortgage; or
(ii)where the ratio of the outstanding balances of the facilities secured by both first and second mortgages to the valuation of the residential property exceeds 80 per cent, and the first mortgage cannot be extended without it being subordinated to the second mortgage, and the outstanding balance is 100 per cent mortgage insured by an eligible lenders mortgage insurer.
Category two facilities
A category two facility is defined as an exposure that is secured by a registered first mortgage against a residential property, where the ratio of the outstanding balance, less the amount of mortgage insurance, to the valuation of the security is greater than 80 per cent but no more than 100 per cent (where the loan is 6 months or more worth of payments past due, the valuation must be no older than 12 months).
For category two facilities, the prescribed provision shall be a percentage of the balance outstanding, where the percentage depends upon the term of payments past due as outlined in the following table. The balance outstanding should not be adjusted for any collateral value.
Term of payments past due Amount of provision (%) Less than 90 days 0 90 days and less than 182 days 5 182 days and less than 273 days 10 273 days and less than 365 days 15 365 days and over 20
Where the provision calculated under category two facilities is greater than the provision that would have been calculated under category three facilities, the latter should be taken as the prescribed provision.
Category three facilities
This category applies to all facilities that do not fall into categories one and two above, or category four below. category three facilities include personal and commercial loans (both secured and unsecured), and mortgage loans where the ratio of the outstanding balance, less the amount of mortgage insurance, to the valuation of the security is greater than 100 per cent.
The minimum provision for these items shall be a percentage of the balance outstanding, where the percentage depends upon the dollar equivalent of a given term of contracted payments being past due as detailed below:
Term of payments past due Amount of provision (%) Less than 90 days 0 90 days and less than 182 days 40 182 days and less than 273 days 60 273 days and less than 365 days 80 365 days and over 100
Where an exposure falling within this category is secured by a mortgage over a residential property, the provision may be adjusted to reflect a part of the collateral value. When this occurs, the minimum provision percentage in the table shall be applied to the difference between the outstanding balance (less any loan insurance) and 70 per cent of the security value (where the exposure is 6 months or more worth of payments past due, the valuation must be no older than 12 months). Where an exposure is secured by other than residential property, an ADI may approach APRA to discuss an appropriate basis upon which to value security held.
Where an exposure is otherwise secured by equivalent or better security arrangements than that described above, an ADI may, on application to APRA, seek to have the provision adjusted to reflect the whole or part of the collateral value. The following guidelines apply to these security arrangements:
(a)guarantees provided by Commonwealth or State governments, or ADIs, may be deducted from the exposure at full value prior to applying the prescribed provisioning requirements;
(b)crown leases involving property used for residential purposes may be adjusted in accordance with paragraph 7 of these instructions;
(c)bank bills and Government Securities held as collateral if subject to enforceable security in favour of the ADI, may be deducted from the exposure at net current market value prior to applying the prescribed provisioning requirements; and
(d)cash on deposit with the ADI may only be deducted for the purposes of prescribed provisioning where the deposits are secured by appropriate contractual arrangements that satisfy the eligible collateral provisions contained in Prudential Standard APS 112 Capital Adequacy: Credit Risk. A right of offset is not considered to provide appropriate security per se.
Category four facilities
This category applies to overdrawn savings accounts and overdrawn limits on credit cards, overdrafts and line of credit advances. The minimum provision on these items shall be a percentage of the balance outstanding, where the percentage depends on the number of consecutive days the facility has been outside contracted arrangements (i.e. the period of irregularity). In calculating the minimum provision for each item, except for overdrawn savings accounts, the full amount of the credit drawn is to be included in the balance outstanding. For overdrawn savings accounts, the provision is only applied to the overdrawn amount.
The minimum provision for category four facilities will be set in accordance to the following table:
Period of Irregularity Amount of provision (%) Less than 14 days 0 14 days and less than 90 days 40 90 days and less than 182 days 75 182 days and over 100
Adjusted balances
For category three facilities, where the collateral satisfies the requirements detailed in paragraphs 7 and 8 above, or APRA has agreed on an appropriate basis to ascribe value for security purposes, the net amount of the exposure is to be reported in the ‘Adjusted balances’ column.
For example, where there is an outstanding balance of $100,000, with an assessed security value of $70,000, the net amount of $30,000 is to be reported in the ‘Adjusted balances’ column. The outstanding balance of $100,000 should be reported in the ‘Outstanding balances’ column in these cases.
Delinquency trends
To provide APRA with greater insight into delinquency trends within ADIs applying the prescribed provisioning methodology, ADIs are required to separately report past due facilities in time buckets below that triggering prescribed provisioning. APRA is particularly interested in those category two and three facilities that are 30 days and less than 60 days and 60 and less than 90 days worth of payments past due and asks ADIs to report accordingly.
Impaired facilities return
From the cessation of the transition period following the harmonised prudential standards released in September 2000, all ADIs operating in Australia are required to complete the Impaired Facilities Return (ARF 220.0 Impaired Facilities (ARF 220.0)). ADIs preparing return ARF 220.3 must ensure that data reported to APRA is consistent with that shown on the impaired facilities returns for the relevant quarter. ADIs are advised to revisit APS 220 and, in particular, Guidance Note AGN 220.1 Impaired Facility Definitions which provides the key definitions of impairment to ensure that they operate in accordance with prudential reporting requirements.
ADIs applying the prescribed provisioning approach should be particularly alert to reporting requirement of a non-accrual item triggered as a consequence of a specific provision having been raised against that item. Given APRA defines all provisions prescribed in terms of AGN 220.3 as specific provisions for prudential supervisory purposes, ADIs must report items against which it holds a prescribed provision as non-accrual. Particular care needs to be taken to ensure that any category four facilities for which a provision is prescribed prior to it being 90 days irregular are reported as a non‑accrual item.
APRA also encourages ADIs to take particular care in reporting those facilities defined as being individually managed and 90 days worth of contracted payments are past due although these facilities might be regarded as well-secured. Such facilities need to be reported in Part B of ARF 220.0 Impaired Facilities (ARF 220.0). Although not non‑accrual by definition, these items represent a higher risk of default than facilities operating within contractual terms. Facilities categorised as category one for prescribed provisioning purposes are potential candidates to be reported in Part B of ARF 220.0.
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