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BANKING ACT 1959 - SECT 11E

Limited application of Division 2 etc. to foreign ADIs

  (1)   The provisions listed in subsection   (1A) do not apply in relation to:

  (a)   business of a foreign ADI (other than Australian business assets and liabilities); or

  (b)   the management of a foreign ADI, to the extent that the management relates to such business of the foreign ADI.

  (1A)   The provisions are as follows:

  (a)   sections   12, 13BA and 13C, and Subdivision B of Division   2 (statutory management);

  (b)   subsections   13A(1) to (2), to the extent that those subsections relate to statutory management;

  (c)   sections   62B, 62C, 62D and 62E.

  (1B)   The following provisions do not apply in relation to a foreign ADI:

  (a)   Division   2 (apart from the provisions in that Division listed in subsection   (1A));

  (b)   Division   2AA.

  (2)   A foreign ADI commits an offence if:

  (a)   it accepts a deposit from a person in Australia; and

  (b)   before accepting the deposit, the foreign ADI did not inform the person, in a manner approved by APRA, of the requirements of this Act to which the foreign ADI is not subject because of subsection   (1B).

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

Note 1:   Chapter   2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.

Note 2:   If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this subsection, subsection   4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose a fine of up to 5 times the penalty stated above.

  (3)   In this section:

"asset" has the same meaning as in the Financial Sector (Transfer and Restructure) Act 1999 .

"Australian business assets and liabilities" , of a foreign ADI, means the following:

  (a)   the assets and liabilities of the foreign ADI in Australia;

  (b)   any other assets and liabilities of the foreign ADI that:

  (i)   are related to its operations in Australia; and

  (ii)   if regulations are made for the purposes of this subparagraph--are of a kind specified in those regulations.

"liability" has the same meaning as in the Financial Sector (Transfer and Restructure) Act 1999 .



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