Corporations (Relevant Providers Degrees, Qualifications and Courses Standard) Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Determination 2025
I, Stephen Jones, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, being satisfied of the matters set out in subsection 921B(7) of the Corporations Act 2001, make the following determination.
Dated 26 March 2025
Stephen Jones
Assistant Treasurer
Minister for Financial Services
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2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Corporations (Relevant Providers Degrees, Qualifications and Courses Standard) Determination 2021
This instrument is the Corporations (Relevant Providers Degrees, Qualifications and Courses Standard) Amendment (2025 Measures No. 1) Determination 2025.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
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1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under the Corporations Act 2001.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
1 Subsection 5(1) (after the definition of higher education provider)
Insert:
non‑relevant degree means a qualification that:
(a) is awarded by a higher education provider; and
(b) satisfies the AQF criteria for AQF level 7 or higher; and
(c) is not a graduate certificate; and
(d) is not a relevant degree.
Omit “subparagraphs 1684A(2)(b) and 1684C(3)(b)(ii)”, substitute “paragraph 1684A(2)(b), subparagraph 1684C(3)(b)(ii), paragraph 1684D(3)(b) and subparagraph 1684D(4)(a)(ii)”.
3 Schedule 1 (table item 31, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “Governance”, substitute “Governance / BSB250 Business Citizenship (from Semester 1, 2025)”.
4 Schedule 1 (before table item 31A but after the subheading)
Insert:
31AA | BP351 Bachelor of Accounting | during or after Semester 1 2025 and ongoing. | The relevant provider completed or completes the following units of study: (a) LAW2442 Business Law; (b) LAW2450 Company and Finance Law; (c) ACCT1060 Managerial Advisory Finance; (d) LAW2453 Taxation 1; (e) BAFI1014 Personal Wealth Management; (f) ACCT2286 Superannuation and Retirement; (g) ACCT2287 Risk, Insurance and Social Security; (h) ACCT2285 Wealth Creation and Estate Planning; (i) BAFI1042 Equity Investment and Portfolio Management; (j) ACCT2288 Financial Advisory Practice. Paragraph 6(2)(a) does not apply to this qualification (about an ethics bridging unit) |
5 Schedule 1 (table item 31A, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “(b) BAFI1002 / BAFI2112 Financial Markets and Institutions or BAFI1002 / BAFI2112 Financial Markets;”.
6 Schedule 1 (table item 32)
Omit “Retirement Planning”, substitute “Retirement Planning 1 / Superannuation and Retirement”.
7 Schedule 1 (table item 32)
Omit “Insurance & Social Security”, substitute “Insurance and Social Security / Risk, Insurance and Social Security”.
8 Schedule 1 (table item 32)
Omit “Practice Management”, substitute “Practice Management / Financial Advisory Practice”.
9 Schedule 1 (table item 32A, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “(b) BAFI1002 / BAFI2112 Financial Markets and Institutions or BAFI1002 / BAFI2112 Financial Markets;”.
10 Schedule 1 (table item 36)
Repeal the item, substitute:
36 | Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) | during or after Semester 1, 1996 and before the end of February 2013. | The relevant provider completed or completes the following units of study: (a) EF241 Personal Financial Management / BAFI1014 Introduction to Financial Planning; (b) EF150 / BAFI1002 / BAFI2112 Financial Markets; (c) EF240 / BAFI1008 Business Finance; (d) either: (i) EF261 / BAFI1032 / BAFI2075 Superannuation & Retirement Planning 1; or (ii) ACCT2286 / ACCT2262 / ACCT2298 Superannuation and Retirement; (e) any one of the following: (i) EF262 / BAFI1034 Risk Management and Insurance; (ii) BAFI2041 / BAFI1034 Insurance and Social Security; (iii) BAFI1026 Risk Management; (iv) ACCT2287 / ACCT2297 / ACCT2263 Risk, Insurance and Social Security; (f) EF462 / EF440 / BAFI1042 Investment and Portfolio Management / Investment / BAFI2042 Investment; (g) any of the following: (i) EF461 / BAFI1050 Wealth Creation and Preservation; (ii) FNP31 / ACCT2261 / ACCT2296 Superannuation and Retirement Planning II / Wealth Creation and Preservation / Wealth Creation and Estate Planning; (iii) BAFI2043 Wealth creation and Preservation; (h) either: (i) EF469 / BAFI2045 / BAFI1056 Financial Planning Practice Management / Financial Planning Practice; or (ii) ACCT2264 / ACCT2288 / ACCT2295 Financial Advisory Practice; (i) BL304 / JUST1037 / JUST1049 / BL208 Law of Finance and Securities / LAW2457 Law of Investments & Financial Markets; (j) BL202 / JUST1031 / JUST2296 Taxation 1. (k) JUST1016 Commercial Law. |
11 Schedule 1 (table item 37, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “BAFI1008”, substitute “EF240 / BAFI1008”.
12 Schedule 1 (table item 37, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “BAFI1056”, substitute “BAFI1056 / BAFI2045”.
13 Schedule 1 (table item 37, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “LAW2457”, substitute “LAW2457 / BL208”.
14 Schedule 1 (table item 39, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Repeal the item, substitute:
39 | BP 135 Bachelor of Business (Financial Planning). Note This is also provided through Open Universities Australia. | during or after Semester 1, 2006 and before the end of Semester 2, 2017. | The relevant provider completed or completes the following units of study: (a) FNP11 / BAFI3228 Personal Wealth Management (previously “Introduction to Financial Planning BAFI2040”); (b) FNP12 / BAFI2112 / BAFI3227 Financial Markets or BAN11 Money and Capital Markets; (c) FNP21 / BAFI2075 Superannuation and Retirement Planning 1 / Superannuation and Retirement ACCT2262 / ACCT2298; (d) FNP22 / LAW2542 / JUST2080 / LAW2458 Law of Investments and Financial Markets; (e) FNP23 / BAFI2041 / ACCT2297 Insurance and Social Security / Risk Insurance & Social Security / ACCT2263; (f) any of the following: (i) EF461 / BAFI1050 Wealth Creation and Preservation; (ii) FNP31/ ACCT2261 / ACCT2296 Superannuation and Retirement Planning II / Wealth Creation and Preservation / Wealth Creation and Estate Planning; (iii) BAFI2043 Wealth Creation and Preservation; (g) FNP32 / BAFI3226 Investment and Portfolio Management or Investment / BAFI2042 Investment; (h) either: (i) FNP34 / ACCT2264 / ACCT2295 Financial Advisory Practice; or (ii) BAFI2045 Financial Planning Practice Management / Financial Planning Practice; (i) either: (i) BLW14 Business Law / Legal Framework (provided through Curtin University); or (ii) LAW2442 / JUST2297 / LAW2449 Commercial Law; (j) either: (i) BAN23 Introduction to Finance (provided through Curtin University); or (ii) BAFI3183 / BAFI3229 Business Finance; (k) either: (i) BLW22 / BLW32 Taxation / Introduction to Australian Tax Law (provided by Curtin University); or (ii) LAW2456 Taxation 1 / JUST1031 / JUST2296 / LAW2544 Taxation 1). Note Paragraph (b): BAN11 Money and Capital Markets is provided by Monash University and is an alternative unit of study for those students who may have commenced the unit before 2006. |
15 Schedule 1 (table item 40, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “Law of Investment”, substitute “Law of Investments”.
16 Schedule 1 (table item 40, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “Wealth Creation & Estate Planning”, substitute “Wealth Creation & Estate Planning / Wealth Creation and Protection”.
17 Schedule 1 (table item 40, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “Financial Planning Practice Management”, substitute “Financial Planning Practice Management / Financial Planning Practice”.
18 Schedule 1 (table item 40A, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “LAWS2001”, substitute “LEGL2003 / LAWS2001”.
19 Schedule 1 (table item 40B, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “on or after 1 March 2021”, substitute “between 1 March 2021 and 11 November 2024”.
20 Schedule 1 (table item 40B, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “LAWS2001”, substitute “LEGL2003 / LAWS2001”.
21 Schedule 1 (table item 40C, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “on or after 1 March 2024”, substitute “between 1 March 2024 and 11 November 2024”.
22 Schedule 1 (table item 40C, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “LAWS2001”, substitute “LEGL2003 / LAWS2001”.
23 Schedule 1 (after table item 40C)
Insert:
40D | Each of the following: (a) Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Arts; (b) Bachelor of Psychological Science / Bachelor of Business; (c) Bachelor of Information Technology / Bachelor of Business. | on or after 1 March 2025. | The relevant provider completed or completes the following units of study: (a) LEGL1003 / LAW00150 Introduction to Business Law; (b) LEGL2003 / LAWS2001 / LAW00004 Company Law; (c) FINC2002 Behavioural Finance and Client Relationships; (d) FINC2005 Principles of Financial Planning; (e) FINC2006 Ethics and Professionalism; (f) ACCT2001 / ACC00132 Taxation; (g) FINC3001 Investments and Portfolio Management; (h) FINC2004 Superannuation and Retirement Planning; (i) FINC2007 Insurance and Risk Management; (j) FINC3003 Estate Planning (Capstone). Paragraph 6(2)(a) does not apply to this qualification (about an ethics bridging unit) |
24 Schedule 1 (table item 44A, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “On or after 12 April 2019”, substitute “On or after 12 April 2019 and before 31 October 2023”.
25 Schedule 1 (table item 89A, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “during or after Semester 2, 2019”, substitute “during or after Semester 2, 2019 and before the end of Semester 2, 2024”.
26 Schedule 1 (table item 92A, column headed “Degrees and qualifications”)
Omit “Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning”, substitute “Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning”.
27 Schedule 1 (table item 92A, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “on or after 1 July 2019”, substitute “on or after 1 July 2019 and before 31 October 2023”.
28 Schedule 2 (table item 17)
Repeal the item, substitute:
17 | Queensland University of Technology | Financial Advice Regulatory & Legal Obligations bridging unit | AYN / AYQ457 Financial Planning Principles and Regulation. Note The course was offered between Semester 2, 2019 and Semester 1, 2025. |
29 Schedule 2 (table item 19)
Repeal the item, substitute:
19 |
| Behavioural Finance: Client and Consumer Behaviour, Engagement and Decision-Making bridging unit | EFN520 / EFQ520 Client Management - Financial Planning (Capstone). Note The course was offered between Semester 2, 2019 and Semester 2, 2026. |