Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 - SECT 1020AB

  (1)   Subsection   (3) applies if:

  (a)   either:

  (i)   a financial services licensee, on behalf of a person (the seller ), makes a sale in this jurisdiction of section   1020B products on a licensed market to a buyer; or

  (ii)   a financial services licensee (the seller ), on its own behalf, makes a sale in this jurisdiction of section   1020B products on a licensed market to a buyer; and

  (b)   before the time of the sale, the seller had entered into or gained the benefit of a securities lending arrangement; and

  (c)   at the time of the sale, the seller intends that the securities lending arrangement will ensure that some or all the section   1020B products can be vested in the buyer; and

  (d)   the following requirements are satisfied (if applicable):

  (i)   if regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph specify a kind of section   1020B product--the section   1020B products are of that kind;

  (ii)   if regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph specify a kind of section   1020B product--the section   1020B products are not of that kind;

  (iii)   if regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph specify circumstances in which the sale is made--the sale is made in those circumstances.

  (2)   Subsection   (3) applies regardless of whether the seller is inside or outside Australia.

Offence

  (3)   The seller must:

  (a)   give the entity mentioned in subsection   (4) particulars specified in the regulations in relation to the circumstances mentioned in paragraphs   (1)(a), (b) and (c); and

  (b)   do so:

  (i)   on or before the time specified in the regulations; and

  (ii)   in the manner specified in the regulations.

Note:   Failure to comply with this subsection is an offence (see subsection   1311(1)).

  (4)   The entity is:

  (a)   if subparagraph   (1)(a)(i) applies:

  (i)   the financial services licensee mentioned in that subparagraph; or

  (ii)   if the regulations specify another entity--that entity; or

  (b)   if subparagraph   (1)(a)(ii) applies:

  (i)   the operator of the licensed market mentioned in that subparagraph; or

  (ii)   if the regulations specify another entity--that entity.