ASIC Corporations (Amendment and Repeal) Instrument 2017/65
I, Grant Moodie, delegate of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, make the following legislative instrument.
Grant Moodie
Contents
1 Name of legislative instrument
ASIC Corporations (Compromises or Arrangements) Instrument 2015/358
ASIC Corporations (Securitisation Special Purpose Vehicles) Instrument 2016/272
ASIC Corporations (Charitable Investment Fundraising) Instrument 2016/813
ASIC Corporations (Managed Investment Schemes: Interests Not For Money) Instrument 2016/1107
1 Name of legislative instrument
This is the ASIC Corporations (Amendment and Repeal) Instrument 2017/65.
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
Note: The register may be accessed at www.legislation.gov.au.
This instrument is made under subsections 283GA(1), 601QA(1), 673(1), 741(1), 926A(2), 951B(1), 992B(1) and 1020F(1) of the Corporations Act 2001.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the applicable Schedule.
In this instrument:
Act means the Corporations Act 2001.
1 Subparagraph 14(a) (definition of custodian, subparagraphs (b)(iia) and (iib))
Repeal subparagraphs (b)(iia) and (iib), substitute:
(iia) Schedule 2 to the ASIC Corporations (Repeal and Transitional) Instrument 2016/396; or
(iib) an instrument, not being a legislative instrument, made by ASIC and which applies to the person on terms similar to Schedule 2 of the legislative instrument referred to in subparagraph (iia) or any of the ASIC Class Orders repealed by that legislative instrument; or
2 Paragraph 5 (notional subsection 609(10C) of the Act, definition of service provider, subparagraphs (b)(ii) and (iii))
Repeal subparagraphs (b)(ii) and (iii), substitute:
(ii) Schedule 2 to the ASIC Corporations (Repeal and Transitional) Instrument 2016/396; or
(iii) an instrument, not being a legislative instrument, made by ASIC and which applies to the person on terms similar to Schedule 2 of the legislative instrument referred to in subparagraph (iia) or any of the ASIC Class Orders repealed by that legislative instrument;
3 Subparagraph 4(a)
Before “making an offer”, insert “not”.
4 Paragraph 4 (notional subsection 912AA(11) of the Act, definition of special custody assets, paragraph (e))
Omit “assig”, substitute “assign”.
5 Paragraph 5 (notional paragraph 912AAD(4)(a) of the Act)
Omit “financial services licensee or its associates”, substitute “sub-custodian or its associates”.
6 Sub-subparagraph 6(f)(ib)
Omit “not otherwise”, substitute “otherwise”.
7 Sub-subparagraph 8(b)(ii)
After “Statement”, insert “and”.
8 At the end of paragraph 8
Add:
Note: Paragraphs 5 and 5D commenced on the commencement of ASIC Corporations (Amendment and Repeal) Instrument 2015/876. Paragraph 5CA commenced on the commencement of ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2016/1224.
9 Subparagraph 8D(b)
Omit “statements”, substitute “each statement referred to in paragraph 8(b) in relation to the responsible person for the Statement has been”.
10 Subparagraph 8D(c)
Omit “manage”, substitute “managed”.
11 Paragraph 8B (the paragraph 8B inserted by item 21 of Schedule 1 to ASIC Corporations (Amendment and Repeal) Instrument 2015/876)
Repeal the paragraph.
ASIC Corporations (Compromises or Arrangements) Instrument 2015/358
12 Section 7
Before “Chapter 6D”, insert “(1)”.
13 At the end of section 7
Add:
(2) Part 7.9 of the Act applies in relation to a person making an unsolicited offer to purchase a financial product as if subparagraph 1019D(1)(d)(iii) were modified or varied by omitting “approved at a meeting held” and substituting “approved at a meeting held, or to be considered at a meeting to be held,”.
ASIC Corporations (Securitisation Special Purpose Vehicles) Instrument 2016/272
14 Sub-subparagraph 5(2)(a)(ii)(B)
Omit “ASIC Class Orders [CO 03/1099], [CO 03/1100], [CO 03/1101], [CO 03/1102], [CO 03/1103], [CO 04/829] or [CO 04/1313]”, substitute “ASIC Corporations (Repeal and Transitional) Instrument 2016/396”.
ASIC Corporations (Charitable Investment Fundraising) Instrument 2016/813
15 Section 4 (definition of retail client, paragraph (b))
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(b) a debenture means a person to whom an offer of the debenture:
(i) needs disclosure to investors under Part 6D.2 of the Act; or
(ii) does not need disclosure to investors because of subsection 708(1) or 708(14) of the Act; or
(iii) does not need disclosure to investors because of an exemption made under paragraph 741(1)(a) of the Act.
Note: For example, a person will be a retail client if an offer of debentures to the person would need disclosure to investors under Part 6D.2 of the Act but for the exemption in paragraph 5(1)(b).
ASIC Corporations (Managed Investment Schemes: Interests Not For Money) Instrument 2016/1107
16 Section 4 (definition of interests not for money scheme, paragraph (b))
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(b) in circumstances, other than because of this instrument, that do not require a Product Disclosure Statement to be given;
but does not include a scheme if all interests in the scheme have been issued in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (b).