Debit and Prepaid Cards Regulatory Decisions
October 2021
Review of Retail Payments Regulation – Conclusions Paper
Variation to Standards No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 of 2016 911KB
Regulation Impact Statement 1.5MB
May 2019
Variation of Standards on Interchange Fees and Net Payments to Issuers
Standard No. 2 of 2016 as effective from 1 July 2019665KB
The Operation of the Interchange Standards: Conclusions Paper
Variations to Standards No. 1 and No. 2 of 2016 737KB
Comparison of the Standards (as amended) to the version proposed in the Consultation Paper 724KB
November 2017
Variation of Standards on Interchange Fees and Net Payments to Issuers
Variation of Standard No. 2 of 2016 54KB
September 2016
Revocation of the Standard the ‘Honour All Cards’ Rule and the ‘No Surcharge’ Rule in the Visa Debit System
May 2016
Reform of Card Payments Regulation – New Standards on Interchange Fees and Net Payments to Issuers, and Surcharging
Legislative Instruments:
Regulation Impact Statement 1.10MB
Media Release issued 26 May 2016
October 2015
Designation of Payment Systems
Gazettal Notice: Debit MasterCard 264KB
Gazettal Notice: EFTPOS prepaid 303KB
Gazettal Notice: MasterCard prepaid 266KB
Gazettal Notice: Visa prepaid 264KB
Media Release issued 15 October 2015
August 2015
Revocation of the EFTPOS Access Regime and 2004 EFTPOS Designation
Gazettal Notice: Revocation of the Access Regime for the EFTPOS system 363KB
Gazettal Notice: Revocation of the Designation of the EFTPOS system 440KB
Media Release issued 28 August 2015
December 2014
Revocation of the Visa Debit Access Regime
Gazettal Notice: Revocation of Access Regime for the Visa Debit system 27KB
Media Release issued 18 December 2014
March 2014
Variations to the MasterCard and Visa Access Regimes
Payment Card Access Regimes: Conclusions
Media Release issued 7 March 2014
November 2012
The Regulatory Framework for the EFTPOS System
Gazettal Notice: Interchange Fees in the EFTPOS System 610KB
Gazettal Notice: Revocation of the Standard on Interchange Fees for the EFTPOS System Designated in Designation No 2 of 2004 81KB
Final Reforms and Regulation Impact Statement
Media Release issued 29 November 2012
Media Release issued 28 August 2015
November 2012
Variation to Standards Relating to Merchant Surcharging
Gazettal Notice: Variation to Standards Relating to Merchant Surcharging 263KB
Media Release issued 22 November 2012
June 2012
A Variation to the Surcharging Standards: Final Reforms and Regulation Impact Statement
Gazettal Notice: Variation to Standards Relating to Merchant Surcharging 381KB
Final Reforms and Regulatory Impact Statement
Media Release issued 12 June 2012
June 2012
New Designation of the EFTPOS System
Gazettal Notice: Designation of the EFTPOS System 36KB
Review of the Regulatory Framework for the EFTPOS System: Consultation on Options for Reform
Media Release issued 12 June 2012
November 2009
Variation of EFTPOS Interchange Fee Standard
Gazettal Notice: Variation of Interchange Fee Standard 732KB
A Revised Interchange Standard for the EFTPOS System
Media Release issued 27 November 2009
December 2008
Variation of Visa Debit and EFTPOS Interchange Fees Standards
Gazettal Notice: Variation of Interchange Fees Standards 205KB
Waiver of Requirement to Recalculate Interchange Fee Benchmark
Media Release issued 10 December 2008
September 2006
Interchange Fee Benchmark for Visa Debit
Visa Debit Benchmark Calculation 19KB
Media Release issued 29 September 2006
September 2006
Access Regime for the EFTPOS System
Gazettal Notice: Access Regime
Media Release issued 13 September 2006
[See also: Consultation]
July 2006
Interchange Fee, No Surcharge and Honour All Cards Standards for Visa Debit
Gazettal Notice: Visa Debit 77KB
Undertaking: MasterCard 222KB
Media Release issued 7 July 2006
[See also: Consultation]
April 2006
EFTPOS Interchange Fee Standard and Proposed Standards for the Visa Debit System
Final Reforms and Regulation Impact Statement
Gazettal Notice: The Setting of the Interchange Fees in the EFTPOS Payment System 659KB
Media Release issued 27 April 2006
[See also: Consultation]
August 2005
Visa Debit System – Access Regime
Gazettal Notice: Access Regime for the Visa Debit System 191KB
Media Release issued on 22 August 2005
[See also: Consultation, Submissions]
September 2004
Designation of the EFTPOS System
Gazettal Notice: Designation of EFTPOS System 49KB
Media Release issued on 9 September 2004
[See also: Consultation, Submissions]
February 2004
Designation of Visa Debit Card Scheme in Australia
Gazettal Notice 28KB
Media Release issued on 23 February 2004
[See also: Responses]