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APRA CPS 230 · Management of service provider arrangements (paras 46 to 61)

CPS 230 para 55 Manage the risks of each material arrangement, including BCP execution and orderly exit

For each material arrangement the entity must (a) identify and control risks to the provider's ability to keep delivering the service; (b) identify and manage risks the arrangement creates for the entity itself, such as contagion or step-in risk; (c) make sure it can carry out its BCP if required; and (d) make sure it can exit the arrangement in an orderly way if required. For limb (d) only: Para 57 can exempt the arrangement (Attachment category provider on standardised terms or no formal agreement), and APRA can exempt it in writing under para 58.

Source: APRA CPS 230, CPS 230 para 55. The statement above is our statement of the clause, read from the published text and cited so you can check it against the official text, not the instrument verbatim. Open APRA CPS 230 in the compliance library.

Applies to APRA-regulated entities.

3
artefacts
0
held by a system
1
at each review
hard
to go live
Vendor register / contract repository
where the evidence lives
teal = a system already holds it · olive = produced at each review. To go live: easy when half or more of the artefacts are already held by a system, moderate from a quarter to a half, hard below a quarter.

These are the artefacts auditors commonly ask for on this requirement, our guidance rather than text from the standard. Your assessor decides what is sufficient in your context, and asks for samples across the period when a report covers one.

system holds itEvidence a system already holds

none for this control

periodic reviewEvidence produced at each review

  • Ongoing risk assessment per material arrangement covering provider viability, step-in and contagion risk · Vendor register / contract repository

governing documentDocuments that govern the control

  • BCP linkage showing how each arrangement is covered in continuity planning · Vendor register / contract repository
  • Exit plan per material arrangement with trigger events, alternatives and transition steps (unless exempt under para 57 or 58) · Vendor register / contract repository

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No system holds this evidence for you: it is people and documents. Reminders and routing to the owner still save time. Put the document under version control with an owner and review date, and log each review as a record with reviewer and date.

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CPS 230 para 54 APRA access, on-site visit and non-impediment clauses · CPS 230 para 57 Exemption for Attachment-category providers on standardised terms or no formal agreement