THE CORPORATIONS LAW

CHAPTER 7 - SECURITIES

PART 7.8 - DEPOSITS WITH STOCK EXCHANGES

SECTION 891   DEPOSITS TO BE INVESTED BY STOCK EXCHANGE  

891(1)  [Stock exchange to invest deposit]  

Where a stock exchange receives a deposit from a person or partnership under section 889, the stock exchange holds the deposit in trust for the person or partnership and shall invest the deposit:

(a)  on interest-bearing term deposit with an Australian ADI; or

(b)  on deposit with an eligible money market dealer.

891(2)  [Interest paid into Fund]  

A participating exchange shall pay into the Fund money received by way of interest in respect of amounts invested by it under subsection (1).

891(3)  [Interest paid into fidelity fund]  

A stock exchange (other than a participating exchange) shall pay money received by way of interest in respect of amounts invested by it under subsection (1) into its fidelity fund.

891(4)  [Return of deposit]  

A stock exchange shall, on demand being made by a person or partnership who has lodged a deposit with the stock exchange, pay to the person or partnership an amount on deposit with the stock exchange under section 889.

891(5)  [Effect of sec 889]  

Nothing in subsection (4) affects section 889.

891(6)  [Returned deposit to be paid into trust account]  

Where the licensee, or a partnership in which the licensee is a partner, receives an amount under subsection (4) from a stock exchange, the licensee or partnership, as the case may be, shall pay the amount into a trust account of the licensee or partnership, as the case may be.

891(7)  [Repayment of deposit guaranteed by Fund]  

The Fund shall guarantee the repayment by a participating exchange of the amount of a deposit received by the participating exchange from a person or partnership.

891(8)  [Repayment of deposit guaranteed by fidelity fund]  

The fidelity fund of a stock exchange (other than a participating exchange) shall guarantee the repayment by the stock exchange of the amount of a deposit received by the stock exchange from a person or partnership.




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