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CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 - SECT 824B

When a licence may be granted

General

  (1)   The Minister may grant an applicant an Australian CS facility licence if the Minister is satisfied that:

  (a)   the application was made in accordance with section   824A; and

  (b)   the applicant will comply with the obligations that will apply if the licence is granted; and

  (c)   the applicant has adequate operating rules, and procedures, (see Subdivision B of Division   2) for the facility to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that systemic risk is reduced and the facility is operated in a fair and effective way; and

  (d)   the applicant has adequate arrangements (whether they involve a self - regulatory structure or the appointment of an independent person or related entity) for supervising the facility, including arrangements for:

  (i)   handling conflicts between the commercial interests of the licensee and the need for the licensee to reduce systemic risk and ensure that the facility's services are provided in a fair and effective way; and

  (ii)   enforcing compliance with the facility's operating rules; and

  (e)   no unacceptable control situation (see Division   1 of Part   7.4) is likely to result if the licence is granted; and

  (f)   no disqualified individual appears to be involved in the applicant (see Division   2 of Part   7.4).

This subsection has effect subject to subsections   (3) and (4).

Note:   The Minister must also have regard to the matters in section   827A in deciding whether to grant a licence.

Alternative criteria for granting licence to overseas clearing and settlement facility

  (2)   If an applicant is authorised to operate a clearing and settlement facility in the foreign country in which its principal place of business is located, the Minister may grant the applicant an Australian CS facility licence authorising the applicant to operate the same facility in this jurisdiction. The Minister must be satisfied that:

  (a)   the application was made in accordance with section   824A; and

  (b)   the applicant will comply with the obligations that will apply if the licence is granted; and

  (c)   the operation of the facility in that country is subject to requirements and supervision that are sufficiently equivalent, in relation to the degree of protection from systemic risk and the level of effectiveness and fairness of services they achieve, to the requirements and supervision to which clearing and settlement facilities are subject under this Act in relation to those matters; and

  (d)   the applicant undertakes to cooperate with ASIC and the Reserve Bank of Australia by sharing information and in other ways; and

  (e)   no unacceptable control situation (see Division   1 of Part   7.4) is likely to result if the licence is granted; and

  (f)   no disqualified individual appears to be involved in the applicant (see Division   2 of Part   7.4); and

  (g)   any other requirements that are prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this subsection are satisfied.

This subsection has effect subject to subsections   (3) and (4).

Note:   The Minister must also have regard to the matters in section   827A in deciding whether to grant a licence.

Foreign bodies

  (3)   If the applicant is a foreign body corporate, the Minister:

  (a)   must not grant the applicant a licence unless the applicant is registered under Division   2 of Part   5B.2; and

  (b)   may otherwise grant a licence under either subsection   (1) or (2) (subject to the relevant criteria being satisfied).

Disqualified individuals

  (4)   The Minister must not grant the applicant a licence unless:

  (a)   ASIC has notified the Minister that, as far as ASIC is aware, no disqualified individual is involved in the applicant (see Division   2 of Part   7.4); or

  (b)   42 days have passed since the application was made and ASIC has not given a notice under subsection   853D(2) to the applicant within that 42 days.


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