Standard business sponsor reg-2.63A — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text 2.63A Standard business sponsor (1) For the purposes of subsection 140G(3) of the Act, the terms of an approval of a person as a standard business sponsor are prescribed in this regulation. (2) An approval as a standard business sponsor starts: (a) on the day on which the approval is granted; or (b) if, immediately before the day on which the approval is granted, the person was because of an earlier approval a standard business sponsor other than an overseas business sponsor—immediately after the earlier approval ceases. (3) However, an approval as a standard business sponsor does not start if: (a) immediately before the day on which the approval is granted, the person was because of an earlier approval a standard business sponsor other than an overseas business sponsor; and (b) before the time at which the approval would otherwise start, the person’s approval as a standard business sponsor is cancelled. (4) An approval as a standard business sponsor ceases: (a) if, immediately after the approval starts, the person is an overseas business sponsor—on the earlier of the following: (i) the start of a later approval of the person as a standard business sponsor; (ii) 5 years after the day on which the approval is granted; or (b) in any other case—5 years after the day on which the approval is granted.