Corporations (Relevant Providers Degrees, Qualifications and Courses Standard) Amendment (2025 Measures No. 2) Determination 2025
I, Daniel Mulino, 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 15 December 2025
Dr Daniel Mulino
Assistant Treasurer
Minister for Financial Services
1 Name
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. 2) 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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 Paragraph 5(2)(b)
Omit “the Certified Practicing Accountants Program offered by the Certified Public Accountants of Australia Pty Ltd”, substitute “the CPA Program offered by CPA Australia Ltd”.
2 Subparagraphs 5(3)(a)(i) to (iv)
Repeal the subparagraphs, substitute:
(i) FAAA Proficiency Unit 1: Professionalism and Ethics (formerly CFP1(A)—FPA Professionalism);
(ii) FAAA Proficiency Unit 2: Strategy Development and Risk Management (formerly CFP2(A)—Applied Strategies 1);
(iii) FAAA Proficiency Unit 3: Estate Planning and Retirement (formerly CFP3(A)—Applied Strategies 2);
(iv) FAAA Proficiency Unit 4: Investment Strategies (formerly CFP4(A)—Investment Strategies);
3 Paragraph 5(3)(e)
Omit “the Certified Practicing Accountants Australia Program”, substitute “the CPA Program”.
4 Subsection 7(2) (definition of CPA)
Repeal the definitions, substitute:
CPA means completed approved study to attain the professional designation, during or after 1989, the CPA Program offered by CPA Australia Ltd.
5 Schedule 1 (table item 2, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2017”, substitute “2017 and before the end of Semester 1, 2025”.
6 Schedule 1 (table item 14, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2011”, substitute “2011 and before 1 January 2017”.
7 Schedule 1 (after table item 20)
Insert:
20A | Bachelor of Advanced Commerce (Finance and Financial Planning) (Honours) | on or after 1 January 2024. | Paragraph 6(2)(a) does not apply to this qualification (about an ethics bridging unit). |
8 Schedule 1 (table item 31, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2018”, substitute “2018 and before 1 January 2026”.
9 Schedule 1 (table item 31AA, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2025”, substitute “2023”.
10 Schedule 1 (table item 35, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “BAFI1002 / BAF12112 Financial Markets”, substitute “BAFI1002 / BAFI2112 Financial Markets”.
11 Schedule 1 (table item 37, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “BAF12043 Wealth creation and Preservation”, substitute “BAFI2043 Wealth Creation and Preservation”.
12 Schedule 1 (table item 38, column headed “Other conditions:”)
Omit “BAFI1002 / BAF12112 Financial Markets”, substitute “BAFI1002 / BAFI2112 Financial Markets”.
13 Schedule 1 (table item 40A, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2018”, substitute “2018 and before 30 October 2025”.
14 Schedule 1 (table item 40D, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2025”, substitute “2025 and before 30 October 2025”.
15 Schedule 1 (table item 41A)
Repeal the item, substitute:
41A | Bachelor of Business with a Financial Planning major. | on or after 1 February 2021. | Paragraph 6(2)(a) does not apply to this qualification (about an ethics bridging unit) |
41B | Each of the following: (a) Bachelor of Business with an Accounting and Financial Planning major; (b) Bachelor of Business (Professional) with a Financial Planning major or Accounting and Financial Planning major; (c) Bachelor of Accounting with an Accounting and Financial Planning major. | on or after 1 February 2021 and before 30 July 2024. | Paragraph 6(2)(a) does not apply to this qualification (about an ethics bridging unit) |
16 Schedule 1 (table item 43A, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2020”, substitute “2020 and before the end of Semester 2, 2024”.
17 Schedule 1 (table item 49, column headed “Degrees and qualifications”)
Omit “Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Laws”, substitute “Bachelor of Business (Financial Planning major) and Bachelor of Laws”.
18 Schedule 1 (table item 49, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “or after”.
19 Schedule 1 (table item 49A, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2019”, substitute “2019 and before 1 January 2025”.
20 Schedule 1 (table item 60, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2002”, substitute “2002 and before 9 August 2024”.
21 Schedule 1 (table item 61, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2011”, substitute “2011 and before 9 August 2024”.
22 Schedule 1 (table item 75AA, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “after 1 July 2019”, substitute “on or after 1 July 2019 and before 27 February 2024”.
23 Schedule 1 (table item 75B, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2019”, substitute “2019 and before 27 February 2024”.
24 Schedule 1 (table item 80AA, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2019”, substitute “2019 and before 31 December 2024.”.
25 Schedule 1 (table item 90C, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2019”, substitute “2019 and before 2 July 2024”.
26 Schedule 1 (table item 91, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2018”, substitute “2018 and before 14 March 2023”.
27 Schedule 1 (table item 99AA, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2019”, substitute “2019 and before 1 January 2025.”.
28 Schedule 1 (table item 99AB, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2019”, substitute “2019 and before 1 January 2025.”.
29 Schedule 1 (table item 99B, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2019”, substitute “2019 and before 22 May 2023”.
30 Schedule 1 (table item 106D, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2019”, substitute “2019 and before 31 December 2021”.
31 Schedule 1 (table item 107)
Repeal the item, substitute:
107 | Each of the following: (a) Master of Commerce (Financial Planning); (b) Master of Financial Planning. | (a) for the Master of Commerce (Financial Planning)—after 1 January 2015 and before 31 December 2017; (b) for the Master of Financial Planning—after 1 January 2015. | The relevant provider completed or completes the following units of study: (a) 200866 Principles of Financial Planning; (b) 200870 Insurance and Risk Management; (c) 200868 Investment Planning; (d) 200867 Superannuation; (e) 200869 Principles of Taxation; (f) 200432 Commercial Law; (g) 200871 Planning for Retirement; (h) Research Project or Internship, or 200960 Statement of Advice Research Project. |
32 Schedule 1 (table item 110A, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2020”, substitute “2020 and before 26 February 2024.”.
33 Schedule 1 (table item 111, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “after 1 July 2019”, substitute “on or after 1 July 2019 and before 3 November 2023”.
34 Schedule 1 (table item 111A, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “after 1 July 2019”, substitute “on or after 1 July 2019 and before 3 November 2023”.
35 Schedule 1 (table item 111B, column headed “Condition: the relevant provider commenced or commences the relevant program …”)
Omit “2019”, substitute “2019 and before 3 November 2023”.
36 Schedule 2 (table items 1 to 3)
Repeal the items, substitute:
1 | Central Queensland University | Financial Advice Regulatory & Legal Obligations bridging unit | FINC20029 Financial Advice (Regulation and Legal Obligations). Note The course was offered between 1 July 2019 and 9 March 2020. |
2 | Ethics for Professional Advisers bridging unit | FINC20031 Ethics and Professionalism Financial Services. Note The course was offered between 1 July 2019 and 13 July 2020. | |
3 | Behavioural Finance: Client and Consumer Behaviour, Engagement and Decision-Making bridging unit | FINC20030 Behavioural Finance for Advisers. Note The course was offered between 1 July 2019 and 11 November 2020. |
37 Schedule 2 (table item 18)
Repeal the item, substitute:
18 |
| Ethics for Professional Advisers bridging unit | AYN458 / AYQ458 / GSZ458 Ethics and Professional Relationships. Note The course was offered during or after Semester 2, 2019 and before 1 July 2025. |
38 Schedule 2 (table item 25)
Repeal the item, substitute:
25 |
| Behavioural Finance: Client and Consumer Behaviour, Engagement and Decision-Making bridging unit | FPL550 Behavioural Finance and Investment Portfolio Management. Note The course was offered between 1 July 2019 and 28 October 2024. This unit is not available from Trimester 1, 2025. |
39 Schedule 2 (table items 38 to 40)
Repeal the items, substitute:
38 | University of New South Wales | Ethics for Professional Advisers bridging unit | FINS5537 Financial Planning Advice and Ethics. Note The course was offered between 1 July 2019 and 31 December 2024. |
39 | Behavioural Finance: Client and Consumer Behaviour, Engagement and Decision-Making bridging unit | FINS5510 Personal Financial Planning and Management / Personal Financial Planning and Client Engagement. Note The course was offered between 1 July 2019 and 31 December 2024. | |
40 | University of Tasmania | Ethics for Professional Advisers bridging unit | BFA515 Ethics and Professionalism (Ethics and Professionalism). Note The course was offered between 1 January 2021 and before 26 February 2024. |