Corporations Regulations 2001

CHAPTER 7 - FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS  

PART 7.1 - PRELIMINARY  

Division 1 - General  

REGULATION 7.1.07G  

7.1.07G   SPECIFIC THINGS THAT ARE NOT FINANCIAL PRODUCTS: ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS  


For paragraph 765A(1) (y) of the Act, a non-cash payment facility is not a financial product if:


(a) the issuer is:


(i) a body corporate that is an ADI (within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959 ); or

(ii) an operator of a payment system; and


(b) under the facility, as instructed by the client, the issuer makes money available (or causes it to be made available) to a person nominated by the client:


(i) within 2 business days of receiving the client's instruction; or

(ii) within the time reasonably required to complete the transaction subject to any constraints imposed by law; and


(c) under the facility the funds are transferred by electronic means for collection by, or for the credit of, the payer or another person; and


(d) the issuer and the payer do not have a standing arrangement to transfer funds in this manner.

Example

Telegraphic transfers and international money transfers offered by banks and remittance dealers.




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