For paragraph 824A(1)(a) of the Act, the following information is required as part of an application by the body corporate for an Australian CS facility licence:
(a) the body corporate's name, address and contact details;
(b) the name, address and contact details of any person who will act on behalf of the body corporate in relation to the application;
(c) details of the body corporate's major shareholders and organisation, including:
(i) the name, address and contact details of each director; and
(ii) the name, address and contact details of each secretary; and
(iii) the name, address and contact details of each executive officer of the body corporate; and
(iv) whether any director, secretary or executive officer is, or has been, disqualified from managing a corporation under a law of this jurisdiction or another jurisdiction;
(d) a description of the body corporate's business or functions, other than the operation of the clearing and settlement facility;
(e) the services in respect of which the Australian CS facility licence is sought, including details of:
(i) the financial products for which clearing and settlement facilities are to be provided; and
(ii) the nature of each interest in a financial product that is to be transferred using the clearing and settlement facility; and
(iii) the mechanisms to be used by the body corporate to operate the clearing and settlement facility, including (if applicable) arrangements to limit the risk of default by a party to a transaction;
(f) whether the body corporate has applied, or intends to apply, to become a prescribed CS facility;
(g) details of the technological resources that will be used in the operation of the clearing and settlement facility, including details of:
(i) the purpose of the resources; and
(ii) how the resources are to be supplied, managed, maintained and upgraded; and
(iii) how the security of information technology systems is to be protected;
(h) details of the arrangements for dealing with conflicts between the body corporate's commercial interests and its obligations to supervise and monitor the clearing and settlement facility;
(i) details of the arrangements for the supervision of employees of the body corporate who have duties and responsibilities of a kind that supervision of the employees is necessary to protect the integrity of the operation of the clearing and settlement facility;
(j) details of the arrangements for managing counterparty risk, including the risks arising from a counterparty being unable to meet its obligations arising out of clearing, settlement or clearing and settlement transactions using the facility;
(k) if the ACCC has made a decision in relation to the clearing and settlement facility that the body corporate will operate--details of the decision.
Example of interests in a financial product: Legal title or an equitable interest.
Example of mechanisms to operate the clearing and settlement facility:
1 The way in which transfers are to be effected.
2 The way in which payment obligations are to be settled.