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Consumer Protection is introducing continuous licences (no expiry date) and it will no longer be necessary for licence holders to apply to renew their licence every 3 years. Continuous licences will be issued on the condition that the licensed organisation meets its annual reporting obligations and complies with the licence requirements.
From July 2020, licence holders will be issued with a continuous licence at their next renewal date (upon receipt of an application). Arrangements will also be made for licences that were issued from 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2020 to be reissued as continuous licences. Consumer Protection will contact the affected licence holders directly with more information in the future.
Licence holders who are also registered charities with the ACNC will no longer be required to submit an annual statement to Consumer Protection or provide a copies of financial reports. This exemption will be conditional on the licence holder meeting its annual reporting obligations to the ACNC and including their WA licence number when submitting the Annual Information Statement (AIS) (referred to as the “fundraising licence number” in this form).
Note: This change will not be retrospective and annual statements for financial years ending prior to 30 June 2020 will still be required to be lodged with Consumer Protection. For example:
Organisation’s financial year ends on: | Annual Statement required by Consumer Protection |
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31 December 2019 | Yes |
30 April 2020 | Yes |
30 June 2020 | No. Exemptions will apply for licence holders also registered with the ACNC. |
It will also still be necessary for all licensed charities to notify Consumer Protection of any changes to its contact details, Principal Executive Officers and appointed auditors/reviewers (where applicable).
The requirements to complete a review or audit of the financial report in the future will depend on a licence holders reporting category. Licensed charities will be categorised as small, medium or large based on their total annual revenue. The reporting categories and requirements will be set as follows:
Category | Annual revenue | Reporting requirements |
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Small | Less than $250,000 |
Financial report to be prepared.
No audit or review required.
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Medium | $250,000 or over but less than $1,000,000 |
Financial report to be prepared.
A review or audit to be completed
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Large | $1,000,000 or over |
Financial report to be prepared.
Audit to be completed.
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Note: These revenue categories are consistent with both the ACNC and the tiered reporting requirements for incorporated associations under the Associations Incorporation Act 2015 (WA).
Principal Executive Officers will no longer be required to provide a National Police Certificate.
These changes are to be consistent with the responsibilities exercised by the Commissioner in respect to other licencing legislation administered by Consumer Protection.
These changes have enabled Consumer Protection to introduce the new auditing requirements based on a licence holder’s revenue and reduce the reporting burden of small charitable organisations.
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