Corporations Act 2001

CHAPTER 7 - FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS  

Note: This Chapter applies to a CCIV in a modified form: see Division 4 of Part 8B.7 .

PART 7.4 - LIMITS ON INVOLVEMENT WITH LICENSEES  

Division 1 - Limit on control of certain licensees  

Subdivision A - 20% voting power limit  

SECTION 850C  

850C   ACQUISITIONS OF SHARES  

If:

(a) a person, or 2 or more persons under an arrangement, acquire shares in a body corporate; and

(b) the acquisition has the result, in relation to a widely held market body, that:

(i) an unacceptable control situation comes into existence in relation to the body and in relation to a person; or

(ii) if an unacceptable control situation already exists in relation to the body and in relation to a person - there is an increase in the voting power of the person in the body;

the person or persons mentioned in paragraph (a) contravene this section.

Note: A contravention of this section is an offence (see subsection 1311(1) ).