I, Grant Moodie, delegate of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, make the following legislative instrument.

Date                24 August 2017

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary  3

1    Name of legislative instrument 3

2    Commencement 3

3    Authority. 3

4    Schedule. 3

Schedule 1—Amendments  4

ASIC Class Order [CO 08/10] 4

ASIC Class Order [CO 12/752] 4

ASIC Class Order [CO 13/655] 4

ASIC Class Order [CO 13/760] 4

ASIC Class Order [CO 13/761] 5

ASIC Class Order [CO 14/1000] 5

ASIC Corporations (Foreign Rights Issues) Instrument 2015/356. 5

ASIC Corporations (Foreign Scrip Bids) Instrument 2015/357. 5

ASIC Corporations (Foreign Securities—Publishing Notices) Instrument 2015/359  6

ASIC Corporations (Foreign Small-Scale Offers) Instrument 2015/362. 6

ASIC Corporations (Managed investment product consideration) Instrument 2015/847  6

ASIC Corporations (Minimum Bid Price) Instrument 2015/1068. 7

ASIC Corporations (Approved Foreign Financial Markets) Instrument 2015/1071. 7

ASIC Corporations (Consents to Statements) Instrument 2016/72. 8

Part 1—Preliminary

1        Name of legislative instrument

This is the ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2017/6.

2        Commencement

This instrument commences on the later of:

(a)     the date of its gazettal; and

(b)     the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note:    The register may be accessed at www.legislation.gov.au.

3        Authority

This instrument is made:

(a)     under paragraph 911A(2)(l) and subsections 283GA(1), 601QA(1), 655A(1), 741(1), 926A(2), 992B(1) and 1020F(1) of the Corporations Act 2001; and

(b)     for purposes of subsection 257B(7) and item 14(b) of the table in section 611 of the Corporations Act 2001.

4        Schedule

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule.

Schedule 1—Amendments

ASIC Class Order [CO 08/10]

1        Paragraph 11 (definition of approved foreign market)

Omit the definition, substitute:

approved foreign market has the meaning given by section 9 of the Act.

Note:  The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.

ASIC Class Order [CO 12/752]

2        Section 4 (definition of approved foreign market in subsection 912AB(13))

Omit the definition, substitute:

approved foreign market has the meaning given by section 9.

Note:  The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.

ASIC Class Order [CO 13/655]

3        Section 4 (definition of approved foreign market in subsection 601GAD(10))

Omit the definition, substitute:

approved foreign market has the meaning given by section 9.

Note:  The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.

ASIC Class Order [CO 13/760]

4        Section 4 (definition of approved foreign market in subsection 912AA(11))

Omit the definition, substitute:

approved foreign market has the meaning given by section 9.

Note:  The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.

ASIC Class Order [CO 13/761]

5        Section 4 (definition of approved foreign market in subsection 912AC(12))

Omit the definition, substitute:

approved foreign market has the meaning given by section 9.

Note:  The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.

ASIC Class Order [CO 14/1000]

6        Table A, column 1 (definition of eligible financial market)

Omit paragraphs (b) to (p), substitute:

(b)     an approved foreign market (see section 9 of the Act).

Note:  The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.

ASIC Corporations (Foreign Rights Issues) Instrument 2015/356

7        Section 4 (definition of approved foreign market)

Omit the definition, substitute:

approved foreign market has the meaning given by section 9 of the Act.

Note:  The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.

ASIC Corporations (Foreign Scrip Bids) Instrument 2015/357

8        Section 4 (definition of approved foreign market)

Omit the definition, substitute:

approved foreign market has the meaning given by section 9 of the Act.

Note:  The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.

9        Section 4 (definition of eligible foreign country)

Omit the definition, substitute:

eligible foreign country means a country in which an approved foreign market is being operated.

Note:  The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.

ASIC Corporations (Foreign Securities—Publishing Notices) Instrument 2015/359

10      Section 5 (definition of approved foreign market in subsection 734(7B))

Omit the subsection, substitute:

(7B)  For the purposes of subsection (7A), approved foreign market has the meaning given by section 9.

Note:  The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.

ASIC Corporations (Foreign Small-Scale Offers) Instrument 2015/362

11      Section 4 (definition of approved foreign market)

Omit the definition, substitute:

approved foreign market has the meaning given by section 9 of the Act.

Note:  The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.

ASIC Corporations (Managed investment product consideration) Instrument 2015/847

12      Section 5 (definition of approved foreign market in subsection 601GAA(15))

Omit the definition, substitute:

approved foreign market has the meaning given by section 9.

Note:  The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.

ASIC Corporations (Minimum Bid Price) Instrument 2015/1068

13      Section 5 (definition of approved financial market in subsection 621(4B))

Omit the definition, substitute:

approved financial market means:

(a)     a prescribed financial market; and

(b)     an approved foreign market (see section 9).

Note:  The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.

ASIC Corporations (Approved Foreign Financial Markets) Instrument 2015/1071

14      Section 1 (name of legislative instrument)

Omit “ASIC Corporations (Approved Foreign Financial Markets) Instrument 2015/1071”, substitute “ASIC Corporations (Approved Foreign Markets—Buy-backs and Takeovers) Instrument 2015/1071”.

15      Section 4 (definition of eligible financial market)

Omit

16      Section 4 (definitions)

Insert in the appropriate alphabetical order:

approved foreign market has the same meaning as in section 5 of ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.

17      Section 5 (on-market buy-back on an overseas financial market)

Omit “eligible financial market”, substitute “approved foreign market”.

18      Section 6 (acquisition through a foreign listed company)

Omit “eligible financial market”, substitute “approved foreign market”.

ASIC Corporations (Consents to Statements) Instrument 2016/72

19      Section 5 (definition of approved financial market in subsection 636(3D))

Omit the definition, substitute:

approved financial market means:

(a)     a prescribed financial market;

(b)     an approved foreign market (see section 9);

(c)     Chicago Board of Trade (also known as CBOT);

(d)     Commodities Exchange (also known as COMEX);

(e)     Euronext.liffe;

(f)     ICE Futures Canada;

(g)     ICE ENDEX;

(h)     ICE Futures Europe;

(i)      ICE Futures Singapore;

(j)      ICE Futures U.S.;

(k)     London Metal Exchange;

(l)      NASDAQ PHLX (also known as PHLX);

(m)    NASDAQ Futures (also known as NFX); and

(n)     New York Mercantile Exchange (also known as NYMEX).

Note:   The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.