Statutory Rules 1990 No. 1381

Securities Industry Regulations2

(Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and in accordance with subsection 150 (5) of the Securities Industry Act 1980, hereby make the following Regulation under that Act.

Dated 18 June 1990.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Michael Duffy

Attorney-General

After regulation 5a of the Securities Industry Regulations the following regulation is inserted:

Option contract: prescribed indexes

“5b. For the purposes of subsection 4 (8a) of the Act, each of the following indexes is prescribed:

(a) the Nikkei Index:

(b) the S & P 500 Composite Stock Price Index;

(c) the FT-SE 100 Index.”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 June 1990.

2. Statutory Rules 1981 No. 127 as amended by 1982 Nos. 124 and 125; 1983 Nos. 108 and 303; 1986 Nos. 35 and 148; 1987 Nos. 48, 129 and 173; 1988 Nos. 263 and 264; 1989 Nos. 294 and 369.

Printed by Authority by the Commonwealth Government Printer

(S.R. 93/90)—Cat. No. 14/6.4.1990