(1) Subject to subsection (3), the Minister may nominate in writing as
the Securities Exchanges Guarantee Corporation a body corporate (whenever
incorporated) that is, for the purposes of the national corporate laws, a
company limited by guarantee.
(2) ASIC must cause a copy of a nomination by the Minister under
subsection (1) to be published in the Gazette .
(3) The Minister may only nominate a body corporate under subsection (1)
if he or she is satisfied that:
- (a)
- the Exchange is a member of the
body corporate; and
- (b)
- none of the members of the body corporate is a person other than an
eligible exchange; and
- (c)
- the body corporate's constitution provides that no person, other than a
person of a kind referred to in paragraph (b), may become or remain a
member of the body corporate; and
- (d)
- the body corporate will, if nominated under subsection (1), be able
to perform and exercise SEGC's functions and powers under the Fund provisions
adequately and with due regard to the interests of the public; and
- (e)
- the body corporate has obtained, or will within a reasonable period after
being nominated under subsection (1) obtain, indemnity insurance in
respect of its liabilities for:
- (i)
- negligence in; and
- (ii)
- defalcation, or fraudulent misuse of property, by an officer, employee or
agent of the body corporate in connection with;
the performance or exercise of SEGC's functions or powers under the Fund
provisions, or has made or will make other satisfactory provisions for meeting
those liabilities; and
- (f)
- the body corporate's business rules make satisfactory provision:
- (i)
- for ensuring the safety of property received by the body corporate; and
- (ii)
- generally for the protection of the interests of the public.