Financial Advisers Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Financial Advisers and Representatives
29. Additional financial advisory service
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The principal of an appointed representative may at any time lodge a notice with the Authority of its intention to appoint the representative as an appointed representative in respect of a type of financial advisory service in addition to that indicated against the representative’s name in the public register of representatives.
principal
“principal”, in relation to a representative, means a person whom the representative is in the direct employment of, is acting for or is acting by arrangement with, and on behalf of whom the representative provides or will provide any financial advisory service;
The notification must be lodged in such form and manner as may be prescribed and must be accompanied by a certificate by the principal that the representative is a fit and proper person to be a representative in respect of the additional type of financial advisory service.
representative
“representative” means a person, by whatever name called, in the direct employment of, or acting for, or by arrangement with, a financial adviser, who performs on behalf of the financial adviser any financial advisory service, whether or not the person is remunerated, and whether the person’s remuneration (if any) is by way of salary, wages, commission or otherwise, and includes any officer of the financial adviser who performs for the financial adviser any financial advisory service whether or not the officer is remunerated, and whether the officer’s remuneration (if any) is by way of salary, wages, commission or otherwise;
Subject to section 30, the Authority must, upon receipt of the notification, enter in the public register of representatives the additional type of financial advisory service as one which the representative may provide as a representative.
The Authority may, before entering in the public register of representatives the matter set out in subsection (3), require the principal or representative to provide it with such information or documents as the Authority considers necessary.
public register of representatives
“public register of representatives” means the register of that name under section 73(3);
A notification under subsection (1) must be accompanied by a non‑refundable prescribed fee which must be paid in the manner specified by the Authority.[23I