ASIC Class Order [CO 14/1000]
About this compilation
Compilation No. 5
This is a compilation of ASIC Class Order [CO 14/1000] as in force on 20 December 2022. It includes any commenced amendment affecting the legislative instrument to that date.
This compilation was prepared by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information
about amending instruments and the amendment history of each amended provision.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Corporations Act 2001 – Subsections 283GA(1), 601QA(1), 741(1), 926A(2),
992B(1) and 1020F(1) and paragraph 911A(2)(l) – Exemptions and Declaration
Enabling legislation
1. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) makes this instrument under subsections 283GA(1), 601QA(1), 741(1), 926A(2), 992B(1) and 1020F(1) and paragraph 911A(2)(l) of the Corporations Act 2001 (the Act).
Title
2. This instrument is ASIC Class Order [CO 14/1000].
Object
4. The object of this instrument is to facilitate the making of offers of financial products of a listed body by the body or an associated body corporate to persons under an arrangement that is designed to support interdependence between the body and those persons for their long-term mutual benefit.
Disclosure relief
Offers made under an employee incentive scheme
5. A listed body or an associated body corporate that makes an offer under an employee incentive scheme covered by this instrument does not have to comply with Part 6D.2, 6D.3 or Part 7.9 of the Act in relation to the offer, provided the offer is made before 1 March 2023 and is only capable of acceptance until 1 April 2024.
6. A trustee that holds or will hold underlying eligible products in connection with an employee incentive scheme covered by this instrument and which makes an offer of a unit in the underlying eligible product to an eligible participant does not have to comply with Part 6D.2, 6D.3 or Part 7.9 of the Act in relation to the offer of the unit, provided the offer is made before 1 March 2023 and is only capable of acceptance until 1 April 2024.
Note: The trustee need not be the listed body or an associated body corporate.
Continuing offers
6A. For the purposes of paragraphs 5 and 6, if an offer is made on a continuing basis, the date that the offer is made is the date that the offer is first made.
Subsequent sale offers
7. A person that makes a sale offer of an underlying eligible product within 12 months after the issue of the product does not have to comply with Part 6D.2, 6D.3 or Part 7.9 of the Act in relation to the sale offer where:
(a) the product was issued or otherwise granted:
(i) to an eligible participant under an employee incentive scheme; or
(ii) to a trustee in connection with an employee incentive scheme; and
(b) the person has no reason to believe the employee incentive scheme is not covered by this instrument.
8. A person that makes a sale offer of a financial product within 12 months after the issue of the product does not have to comply with Part 6D.2, 6D.3 or Part 7.9 of the Act in relation to the sale offer where:
(a) the product was issued by reason of the exercise or vesting of an eligible product issued or otherwise granted to:
(i) an eligible participant under an employee incentive scheme; or
(ii) to a trustee in connection with an employee incentive scheme; and
(b) the person has no reason to believe the employee incentive scheme is not covered by this instrument.
Advisers
9. A financial services licensee or an authorised representative of a financial services licensee who gives financial product advice to an eligible participant that consists of, or includes, a recommendation to acquire an eligible product in connection with an employee incentive scheme, does not have to comply with section 1012A of the Act in relation to the giving of such advice, provided the person giving the advice has no reason to believe the employee incentive scheme is not covered by this instrument.
Licensing, hawking and other incidental relief
General advice
10. A listed body or an associated body corporate that makes an offer under an employee incentive scheme covered by this instrument and, in relation to the offer, provides a financial service consisting of general advice in connection with the offer, does not have to comply with subsection 911A(1) of the Act in relation to the advice.
Dealing
11. A listed body or an associated body corporate that provides any of the following financial services in relation to an offer in connection with an employee incentive scheme covered by this instrument does not have to comply with subsection 911A(1) of the Act in relation to the financial service:
(a) issuing the eligible product;
(b) dealing in the eligible product where any acquisition by purchase or disposal of the eligible product by the listed body or an associated body corporate occurs either:
(i) through a financial services licensee; or
(ii) outside this jurisdiction and through a person which is licensed or otherwise authorised to deal in financial products of that kind in the relevant place;
(c) dealing in an interest in a managed investment scheme covered by paragraph 15 of this instrument.
Custodial or depository services
12. A listed body or an associated body corporate that provides any of the following financial services in connection with an employee incentive scheme covered by this instrument does not have to comply with subsection 911A(1) of the Act in relation to the financial service:
(a) a custodial or depository service in relation to the eligible product where the body performs their duties in good faith and has sufficient resources to perform those duties;
(b) dealing in the eligible product in the course of providing a custodial or depository service covered by paragraph (a).
Hawking
13. A listed body or an associated body corporate that makes an offer of an eligible product to an eligible participant in the course of, or because of, an unsolicited contact with the eligible participant made in connection with an employee incentive scheme covered by this instrument does not have to comply with section 992A of the Act.
Advertising
14. A listed body, an associated body corporate or a trustee that advertises, or publishes a statement that is reasonably likely to induce eligible participants to acquire, an eligible product under an employee incentive scheme covered by this instrument does not have to comply with section 1018A of the Act in relation to the advertisement or publication.
Incidental managed investment scheme
15. A listed body, an associated body corporate or a trustee that operates a managed investment scheme only by reason of operating a contribution plan in connection with an employee incentive scheme covered by this instrument does not have to comply with section 601ED of the Act in relation to the operation of that managed investment scheme.
Conditions
Notice of reliance
16. A listed body or associated body corporate making an offer in connection with a particular employee incentive scheme must give ASIC a notice of reliance.
Note 1: A notice of reliance can cover a particular employee incentive scheme that is intended to operate for many years. A new notice of reliance will be required to be given to ASIC if the body establishes a new employee incentive scheme.
Note 2: A body relying on only paragraphs 25, 26, 27 or 28 (Transitional) of this instrument does not need to give ASIC a notice of reliance.
17. The body may give ASIC the notice of reliance at any time before the body first relies on this instrument in relation to the particular employee incentive scheme but, in any event, must give ASIC the notice of reliance no later than 1 month after the day the body first relies on this instrument in relation to the particular employee incentive scheme.
Disclosure
18. A listed body or an associated body corporate that makes an offer under an employee incentive scheme must ensure that the offer is made in, or is accompanied by, an offer document.
Offers of overlying eligible products
18A. A listed body, an associated body corporate or a trustee that makes an offer of an overlying eligible product under an employee incentive scheme must ensure that, if the overlying eligible product is not able to be traded on an eligible financial market, the offer is for no more than nominal monetary consideration.
Note: This paragraph 18A does not prohibit an offer for more than nominal monetary consideration of an underlying eligible product held or to be held by a trustee under a trust in relation to which the eligible participant acquires or will acquire a unit in the underlying eligible product because it is or will be held by the trustee under the trust.
5% issue limit
19. A listed body or an associated body corporate that makes an offer covered by this instrument must, at the time of making the offer, have reasonable grounds to believe that the number of underlying eligible products in a class of underlying eligible products that form part of the issued capital of the listed body that have been or may be issued in any of the circumstances covered by the following paragraphs will not exceed 5% of the total number of underlying eligible products in that class on issue:
(a) underlying eligible products that may be issued under the offer;
(b) underlying eligible products issued or that may be issued as a result of offers made at any time during the previous 3 year period under:
(i) an employee incentive scheme or like scheme of the listed body or an associated body corporate, where offers were covered by this instrument or an individual instrument made by ASIC in terms similar to this instrument; or
(ii) an employee incentive scheme or employee share scheme of the listed body or an associated body corporate, where the offers were covered by ASIC Class Order [CO 03/184] or an individual instrument made by ASIC in terms similar to that class order.
Trusts
20. A listed body or an associated body corporate that makes an offer of an underlying eligible product under an employee incentive scheme in relation to which a trustee holds or will hold the underlying eligible products must ensure:
(a) the activities of the trustee of the trust in that capacity are limited to employee incentive schemes of the listed body or the associated body corporate (whether or not the other employee incentive schemes are covered by this instrument);
(b) the trustee maintains written records on the administration of the trust including, in the case of underlying eligible products being held for a specified eligible participant on an allocated basis, written records that identify the underlying eligible products held on an allocated basis for the specified eligible participant;
Note: The written records in relation to underlying eligible products held on an allocated basis may take the form of a sub-register administered by or on behalf of the trustee.
(c) the trustee does not levy any fees or charges for administering the trust that are payable directly by any eligible participant or out of the assets of the trust, other than reasonable disbursements including brokerage and tax levied or incurred in connection with the trust;
(d) if the trustee is the listed body or an associate of the body—the trustee does not, at its own discretion, exercise any voting rights attaching to any of the underlying eligible products that it holds on trust; and
(e) the trustee, either alone or together with one or more other trustees, does not hold more than 5% of the voting shares or voting interests in the listed body calculated by reference to all employee incentive schemes or like schemes of the listed body or an associated body corporate in relation to which offers were covered by this instrument or an individual instrument made, on or after the commencement of this instrument, by ASIC in terms similar to this instrument.
Contribution plans
21. A listed body or an associated body corporate that makes an offer under an employee incentive scheme that involves a contribution plan:
(a) must not allow an eligible participant to participate in the contribution plan unless the eligible participant has agreed in writing to the terms of the contribution plan;
(b) must not allow an eligible participant to participate in the contribution plan to acquire an overlying eligible product that is not able to be traded on an eligible financial market;
Note: This subparagraph (b) does not prohibit an eligible participant from participating in a contribution plan to acquire an underlying eligible product held or to be held by a trustee under a trust in relation to which the eligible participant acquires or will acquire a unit in the underlying eligible product because it is or will be held by the trustee under the trust.
(c) must ensure that any contributions (other than contributions in the form of future gross (before-tax) salary or wages or from a loan from the body or an associated body corporate to an eligible participant) under the terms of the contribution plan which are to be used but have not yet been used to acquire underlying eligible products are held by or on behalf of the listed body or an associated body corporate on trust for eligible participants, in an account with an Australian ADI that is used solely in connection with employee incentive schemes of the listed body or an associated body corporate (whether or not the other employee incentive schemes are covered by this instrument), whether the account is maintained in this jurisdiction or elsewhere;
(d) must ensure that if underlying eligible products have been acquired by the trustee for a specified eligible participant on an allocated basis using contributions made by the eligible participant under a contribution plan, the eligible participant has the right to:
(i) exercise, or to direct the trustee of the underlying eligible products to exercise on their behalf, any voting rights attaching to the underlying eligible products; and
(ii) receive income deriving from the underlying eligible products, including dividends and distributions;
Note: The right to receive dividends or distributions may be subject to terms that the dividends or distributions are to be applied to repay a loan from the body or an associated body corporate to the eligible participant in connection with the employee incentive scheme.
(e) unless the eligible participant (or a person covered by one of the sub-subparagraphs in subparagraph 29(c)) has already acquired the eligible products under the employee incentive scheme— must ensure that an eligible participant may, by giving a notice to the body, discontinue their participation in the contribution plan, the discontinuance to take effect no more than 45 days after the giving of the notice; and
(f) must ensure that if an eligible participant has discontinued their participation in the contribution plan, any contributions (other than contributions in the form of future gross (before-tax) salary or wages or from a loan from the body or an associated body corporate to an eligible participant) under the terms of the contribution plan that have not been used to acquire underlying eligible products, are repaid to or as directed by the participant as soon as practicable after the participant has discontinued their participation in the contribution plan (such repayment including any accumulated interest (if any), less any tax).
Loans
22. A listed body or an associated body corporate making an offer of an eligible product under an employee incentive scheme that involves a loan from the body or an associated body corporate to an eligible participant to acquire the product:
(a) must ensure that the loan is not provided to acquire options or incentive rights; and
(b) must ensure that under the terms of the loan:
(i) no fees or interest is payable; and
(ii) either:
(A) the lender has no recourse against the participant in relation to the repayment of the loan; or
(B) the recourse of the lender against the participant in relation to the repayment of the loan is limited to forfeiture of the eligible products issued or transferred to, or held on behalf of, the participant in connection with the scheme.
ASIC power to request documents
23. A body relying on this instrument must, if requested by ASIC and in accordance with the request, make available to ASIC the offer document and all other accompanying information or documents given to eligible participants in connection with the offer.
Exclusion
24. This instrument does not apply to any person to whom ASIC has given, and not withdrawn, a written notice that specifies that the person is excluded from relying on this instrument.
Transitional arrangements
25. The exemptions made under, and the conditions imposed by, ASIC Class Order [CO 03/184] as in force immediately before the day of its revocation are, with effect from the date of revocation, made under and imposed by this paragraph.
26. The exemptions made under, and the conditions imposed by, an individual instrument of relief granted by ASIC which is in terms similar to ASIC Class Order [CO 03/184] and which makes provision in relation to any matter by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any of the provisions of the class order, are, with effect from the date of revocation of the class order, made under and imposed by this paragraph.
27. The declaration made by ASIC Class Order [CO 04/671] as it applies to the circumstances specified in Category 1 (employee shares schemes) of Schedule D of the class order as in force immediately before the day of its revocation (or partial revocation as it applies to Category 1 of Schedule D) is, with effect from the date of revocation or partial revocation, made by this paragraph and applies as if the references in Category 1 of Schedule D to class orders or instruments of relief included references to paragraphs 25 and 26 of this instrument.
28. The relief in paragraph 25, 26 and 27 applies in relation to:
(a) offers and conduct in respect of an employee share scheme or employee incentive scheme, or like scheme which, as at the day immediately before the day of commencement of this instrument, were covered by ASIC Class Order [CO 03/184] or an individual instrument made by ASIC in terms similar to this instrument or that class order (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in relation to offers made under the employee share scheme, employee incentive scheme, or like scheme, on or after that date); and
(b) an employee share scheme the terms of which, at any time before the day of commencement of this instrument, had been approved by the listed body including as agreed on in accordance with a resolution of directors or members of the body and under which offers and conduct would have been covered by ASIC Class Order [CO 03/184].
Individual instruments of relief
Trustees
28A. A trustee that holds or will hold underlying eligible products in connection with an employee incentive scheme covered by an instrument (individual relief instrument) that is not a legislative instrument but which is in terms similar to this instrument and which makes an offer of a unit in the underlying eligible product to an eligible participant, does not have to comply with Part 6D.2, 6D.3 or Part 7.9 of the Act in relation to the unit.
28B. A trustee that advertises, or publishes a statement that is reasonably likely to induce eligible participants to acquire, an eligible product under an employee incentive scheme covered by an instrument (individual relief instrument) that is not a legislative instrument but which is in terms similar to this instrument, does not have to comply with section 1018A of the Act in relation to the advertisement or publication.
28C. A trustee that operates a managed investment scheme only by reason of operating a contribution plan in connection with an employee incentive scheme covered by an instrument (individual relief instrument) that is not a legislative instrument but which is in terms similar to this instrument, does not have to comply with section 601ED of the Act in relation to the operation of that managed investment scheme.
Advisers
28D. A financial services licensee or an authorised representative of a financial services licensee who gives financial product advice to an eligible participant that consists of, or includes, a recommendation to acquire an eligible product in connection with an employee incentive scheme covered by an instrument (individual relief instrument) that is not a legislative instrument but which is in terms similar to this instrument, does not have to comply with section 1012A of the Act in relation to the giving of such advice, provided the person giving the advice has no reason to believe the employee incentive scheme is not covered by the individual relief instrument.
Interpretation
28E. For the purposes of paragraphs 28A to 28D, an individual relief instrument is not in terms dissimilar to this instrument merely because it applies in relation to bodies, markets, participants or products that do not satisfy the definitions relating to those concepts in this instrument.
Interpretation
29. In this instrument:
(a) able to be traded has the meaning given by section 761A of the Act;
ASIC Class Order [CO 03/184] includes ASIC Class Order [CO 05/1270] to the extent that it relates to ASIC Class Order [CO 03/184];
associate has the meaning given by Division 2 of Part 1.2 of the Act (except sections 12 and 16);
associated body corporate, in relation to a listed body, means:
(a) a body corporate that is a related body corporate of the body; or
(b) a body corporate that has voting power in the body of not less than 20%; or
(c) a body corporate in which the body has voting power of not less than 20%;
casual employee, in relation to a listed body or an associated body corporate, means an individual who is, or might reasonably be expected to be, engaged to work the number of hours that are the pro-rata equivalent of 40% or more of a comparable full-time position with the body;
contractor, in relation to a listed body or an associated body corporate, means:
(a) an individual with whom the body has entered into a contract for the provision of services under which the individual performs work for the body; or
(b) a company with whom the body has entered into a contract for the provision of services under which an individual, who is a director of the company or their spouse, performs work for the body;
where the individual who performs the work under or in relation to the contract is, or might reasonably be expected to be, engaged to work the number of hours that are the pro-rata equivalent of 40% or more of a comparable full-time position with the body;
contribution, in relation to a contribution plan, does not include:
(a) nominal monetary consideration; or
(b) a monetary contribution as consideration for an issue, transfer or grant of an eligible product to the eligible participant without undue delay (including a monetary contribution made to exercise an eligible product or cause an eligible product to vest);
contribution plan means a plan under which an eligible participant may make monetary contributions to acquire eligible products, whether made before or after the acquisition, from one or more of the following:
(a) gross (before-tax) wages or salary;
(b) net (after-tax) wages or salary;
(c) other monies;
eligible financial market means a financial market specified in column 1 of Table A and, unless a contrary intention appears, is limited to the main board of that market;
eligible participant, in relation to listed body or an associated body corporate, means a person specified in column 3 of Table A;
eligible product, in relation to a listed body, means a financial product specified in column 2 of Table A;
employee incentive scheme means an arrangement under which eligible products of a listed body are offered to eligible participants;
financial product advice has the meaning given by section 766B of the Act;
general advice has the meaning given by section 766B of the Act;
incentive right means a conditional right:
(a) to acquire underlying eligible products;
(b) to be paid a cash amount that is ultimately determined by reference to (wholly or in part):
(i) the price or value at a given time of the underlying eligible product to which the right relates;
(ii) a change in the price or value over a given period of the underlying eligible product to which the right relates;
(iii) the amount or value of dividends or distributions paid or payable in relation to the underlying eligible product to which the right relates; or
(iv) a change in the amount or value over a given period of time of dividends or distributions paid or payable in relation to the underlying eligible product to which the right relates; or
(c) to acquire or to be paid a combination of underlying eligible products and a cash amount as determined in accordance with paragraph (b);
listed body means a body that is listed on an eligible financial market;
nominal monetary consideration means monetary consideration of a token or trivial amount;
notice of reliance, in relation to a particular employee incentive scheme, means a written notice in a form approved in writing by ASIC;
offer, in relation to an eligible product, has a meaning affected by sections 700, 702 and 1010C of the Act and includes:
(a) an offer to issue the eligible product;
(b) an issue or grant of the eligible product;
(c) an offer to transfer the eligible product;
(d) a transfer of the eligible product;
(e) an offer to arrange for the issue or transfer of the eligible product;
but does not include an issue, grant or transfer of an underlying eligible product made by reason of the exercise or vesting of an overlying eligible product in circumstances where an offer to issue or transfer the overlying eligible product had been previously made.
offer document, in relation to an offer of eligible products under an employee incentive scheme, means a document which includes, or is accompanied by, the following information, statements and explanations worded and presented in a clear, concise and effective manner:
(a) prominent statements to the effect that:
(i) any advice given by the body in relation to eligible products offered under the employee incentive scheme does not take into account an eligible participant’s objectives, financial situation and needs; and
(ii) eligible participants should consider obtaining their own financial product advice from a person who is licensed by ASIC to give such advice;
(b) either:
(i) a copy of the terms of the employee incentive scheme; or
(ii) a summary of the terms of the scheme together with a statement that, on request and at no charge and within a reasonable time, the body will provide an eligible participant with a copy of the terms of the scheme;
(c) general information about the risks of acquiring and holding an eligible product being offered under the employee incentive scheme;
(d) if:
(i) a trustee will hold underlying eligible products for specified eligible participants on an allocated basis in connection with the employee incentive scheme; and
(ii) those eligible participants will have the right to:
(A) exercise, or direct the trustee to exercise on their behalf, any rights (including voting rights) attaching to the underlying eligible products; or
(B) receive income deriving from the underlying eligible products, including dividends or distributions;
either:
(iii) a copy of the trust deed; or
(iv) a summary of the terms of the trust deed together with a statement that, on request and at no charge and within a reasonable time, the body will provide an eligible participant with a copy of the trust deed;
(e) if the employee incentive scheme involves a contribution plan—either:
(i) a copy of the contribution plan; or
(ii) a summary of the terms of the contribution plan together with a statement that, on request and at no charge and within a reasonable time, the body will provide an eligible participant with a copy of the terms of the contribution plan;
(f) if the employee incentive scheme involves a loan from the body or an associated body corporate to an eligible participant to acquire the product—a copy of the terms of the loan;
(g) the acquisition price of the eligible products in Australian dollars or, where the acquisition price is to be worked out in the future under a formula, an explanation of how an eligible participant could calculate the acquisition price of the eligible products in Australian dollars were that formula applied at the date of the offer;
(h) an explanation of how an eligible participant could, from time to time, ascertain the market price of the underlying eligible products in Australian dollars;
overlying eligible product means an eligible product specified in any of paragraphs (g) to (i) in column 2 of Table A;
prospective participant, in relation to an offer of an eligible product under an employee incentive scheme, means a person to whom the offer is made but who can only accept the offer if an arrangement has been entered into that will result in the person becoming covered by one of paragraphs (a) to (d) of column 3 of Table A;
related body corporate has the meaning given in section 50 of the Act;
stapled security means two or more eligible products which, under the terms on which each is traded, must be transferred together;
trustee means a body that holds or will hold underlying eligible products on trust for the following persons in connection with an employee incentive scheme:
(a) eligible participants generally on an unallocated basis; or
(b) one or more specified eligible participants on an allocated basis;
underlying eligible product means an eligible product specified in any of paragraphs (a) to (f) in column 2 of Table A;
(b) in relation to a listed body that is a registered scheme:
(i) the conferral of relief on the listed body is taken to be the conferral of relief on the responsible entity of the scheme;
(ii) a requirement imposed on the listed body is taken to be a requirement imposed on the responsible entity of the scheme;
(iii) a reference to occupying a position or role with the listed body is taken to be a reference to occupying a position or role with the responsible entity of the scheme;
(iv) the definition of associated body corporate is to be applied as if the body were either the registered scheme or the responsible entity of the scheme;
(c) an offer of eligible products to an eligible participant under an employee incentive scheme on terms that the eligible participant may renounce the offer in favour of a person covered by one of the following sub-subparagraphs is to be treated as an offer of eligible products to the eligible participant:
(i) an immediate family member of the eligible participant;
(ii) a company whose members comprise no persons other than the eligible participant or immediate family members of the participant;
(iii) a corporate trustee of a self-managed superannuation fund (within the meaning of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993) where the eligible participant is a director of the trustee;
(ca) an employee incentive scheme, employee share scheme, or like scheme, is covered by an instrument to the extent that offers are made, or other conduct is carried out, in reliance on the instrument;
(d) for the avoidance of doubt, a document or other writing to be given in connection with this instrument may be given by electronic means (including, in the case of a document or other writing to be given by a person relying on this instrument, by way of making it available on a website and notifying the intended recipient that it is available on the website).
Table A
| Column 1 Eligible financial market | Column 2 Eligible product | Column 3 Eligible participant |
| (a) ASX (also known as the Australian Securities Exchange); (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.
| (a) a fully paid share of the body that is in a class of shares able to be traded on an eligible financial market; (b) a beneficial interest in a fully paid share of the body where the interest is in a class of interests that is able to be traded on an eligible financial market; (c) a fully paid share of the body in relation to which both of the following apply: (i) a beneficial interest in a share of that class are in a class of interests that is able to be traded on an eligible financial market; (ii) the share is convertible into the beneficial interest without charge or for a nominal fee; (d) a beneficial interest in a fully paid share of the body in relation to which both of the following apply: (i) the fully paid share is in a class of shares that is able to be traded on an eligible financial market; (ii) the beneficial interest is convertible into the share without charge or for a nominal fee; (e) a fully paid stapled security of the body that is in a class of stapled securities that is able to be traded on ASX; (f) where the listed body is a registered scheme—an interest in the body that is in a class of interests that is able to be traded on ASX; (g) a unit in a financial product mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f); (h) an option to acquire, by way of issue or transfer, a financial product mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f);
(i) an incentive right granted in relation to a financial product mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f), where in each case in relation to a product mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f) that is in a class of products that is able to be traded on an eligible financial market: (j) the product is in the same class as financial products which were able to be traded on the relevant financial market at all times in the 3 months before the day the offer document is first given to an eligible participant; and (k) the class of products were not suspended for more than a total of 5 days during the shorter of the period during which the class of products were able to be traded, and the period of 12 months before the day the offer document is first given to an eligible participant. | (a) a full-time or part-time employee (including an executive director); (b) a non-executive director; (c) a contractor; (d) a casual employee; (e) a prospective participant. |
Notes to ASIC Class Order [CO 14/1000]
Note 1
ASIC Class Order [CO 14/1000] (in force under s283GA(1), 601QA(1), 741(1), 926A(2), 992B(1) and 1020F(1) and paragraph 911A(2)(l) of the Corporations Act 2001) as shown in this compilation comprises that Class Order amended as indicated in the tables below.
Table of Instruments
| Instrument number | Date of FRL registration | Date of commencement | Application, saving or transitional provisions |
| [CO 14/1000] | 30/10/2014 (see F2014L01450) | 30/10/2015 | |
| 2015/943 | 22/10/2015 (see F2015L01691) | 11/11/2015 | - |
| 2017/6 | 4/9/2017 (see F2017L01128) | 5/9/2017 | - |
| 2017/1049 | 5/12/2017 (see F2017L01582) | 6/12/2017 | - |
| 2021/799 | 22/9/2021 (see F2021L01310) | 5/10/2021 | - |
| 2022/1022 | 19/12/2022 (see F2022L01685) | 20/12/2022 | |
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended LA = Legislation Act 2003 rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
| Provision affected | How affected |
| Para 3.......................... | rep. s48D LA |
| Para 4.......................... | am. 2015/943 |
| Para 5.......................... | am. 2015/943, am. 2022/1022 |
| Para 6.......................... | am. 2022/1022 |
| Para 6A....................... | ad. 2022/1022 |
| Para 9.......................... | am. 2015/943 |
| Para 10........................ | am. 2015/943 |
| Para 11........................ | am. 2015/943 |
| Para 12........................ | am. 2015/943 |
| Para 13........................ | am. 2021/799 |
| Para 15........................ | am. 2015/943 |
| Para 16........................ | am. 2015/943 |
| Para 17........................ | am. 2015/943 |
| Para 18........................ | am. 2015/943 |
| Para 18A..................... | ad. 2015/943 |
| Para 19........................ | am. 2015/943 |
| Subpara 19(b) ............ | am. 2015/943 |
| Subpara 20(e) ............. | am. 2015/943 |
| Para 21........................ | am. 2015/943 |
| Subpara 21(b) ............ | am. 2015/943 |
| Subpara 21(d) ............ | am. 2015/943 |
| Subpara 21(e) ............. | am. 2015/943 |
| Para 28........................ | am. 2015/943 |
| Para 28A-28E ............ | ad. 2017/1049 |
| Subpara 29(a) ............. | am. 2015/943 |
| Subpara 29(c) ............. | am. 2015/943 |
| Subpara 29(ca) ........... | ad. 2015/943 |
| Table A, column 1 (definition of eligible financial market) ......... |
am. 2017/6
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