The facts
- Who files
- This Reporting Standard applies to each registrable superannuation entity (RSE) licensee (RSE licensee). Source
- How often
- When responsible persons change, rather than on a fixed cycle. Source
- Deadline
- Within 14 days of any change or new appointment of a responsible person, and within 14 days of assessing that a responsible person is not fit and proper (the standard also required a first report within 28 days of SPS 520 starting). Source
- Format
- Other. APRA’s D2A migration pages do not say how this responsible persons form is lodged now; the 2014 standard names the D2A system, which APRA has decommissioned. Source
- How it is filed
- Filing routes recorded for the APRA: APRA Connect; Alternate Submission Process (temporary). See how firms file with the APRA.
- Status
- In force
- Legal basis
- Group
- Superannuation: Governance
Templates (1)
The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the APRA's code in brackets.
- Responsible Persons Information (SRF 520.0)
Forms named in the reporting standard itself. Source
Validation rules
59 rules, as counted from the APRA's published material. Software can run them exactly as published. Source
How they are written: Excel list with a MATHEMATICAL RULE column (D2A expression syntax), rule type (mandatory or confirmation) and error message..
How they were counted
Rules not marked Deleted for form code(s) SRF_520_0 in APRA’s legacy D2A file Validation rules all industries June 2025. APRA keeps this file for reference; collections moving to APRA Connect get new rule sets in their taxonomy artefacts.
Counts are in the APRA's own unit, so they are not comparable with other regulators' counts.
Public data
No published data from this return was found. No APRA statistical publication was found that names this return as a source (checked the explanatory notes and specifications of APRA’s current statistical publications). Source
Official documents (4)
The APRA's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.
- Financial Sector (Collection of Data) (reporting standard) determination No. 7 of 2014 - SRS 520.0 - Responsible Persons Information (Reporting Standard SRS 520.0)
Reporting standard · PDF · 634.7 KB · 21 March 2014
Legislative instrument F2014L00343 on the Federal Register of Legislation, registered 2014-03-25; status on the register: InForce.
SHA-256
63787f0c1125show in full63787f0c1125dcb480041a88565210f907ac8c5ee7e9490febb8189e03a66cbb - Superannuation: prudential and reporting standards (APRA list of current standards)
List of returns · HTML
- Validation rules all industries June 2025
Validation rules · XLSX · 2.1 MB · 14 July 2025
SHA-256
e1e14adcd84ashow in fulle1e14adcd84a42d85577991cc0e218792ef6c260ed2357ddad9a8830ad7168db - Derivation rules all industries June 2025
Validation rules · XLSX · 656.2 KB · 14 July 2025
Derivation rules: formulae that calculate some D2A values from other reported values.
SHA-256
8a69d5df29f7show in full8a69d5df29f78eb6a2db1ece272259541aa2a29cfcc80f573e3bfa1cf1eaf66a
Sources
Every page and document this return's facts were read from.
- apra.gov.au/superannuation/prudential-and-reporting-standards
- legislation.gov.au/F2014L00343/latest/text
- apra.gov.au/apra-connect/migrating-d2a-collections-support-material
- apra.gov.au/apra-connect/migrating-d2a-collections-support-material/alternative-submission-arrangements-d2a
- apra.gov.au/system/files/2025-07/Validation%20rules%20all%20industries%20June%202025.xlsx
- apra.gov.au/news-and-publications?document_type%5B0%5D=bundle%3Astatistical_publication&created=All&sort_bef_combine=created_DESC
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Last checked 11 November 2026.
