Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993
PART 7 - PROVISIONS APPLYING ONLY TO REGULATED SUPERANNUATION FUNDS
SECTION 65 LENDING TO MEMBERS OF REGULATED SUPERANNUATION FUND PROHIBITED
65(1) Prohibition.
A trustee or an investment manager of a regulated superannuation fund must not:
(a)
lend money of the fund to:
(i) a member of the fund; or
(ii) a relative of a member of the fund; or
(b)
give any other financial assistance using the resources of the fund to:
(i) a member of the fund; or
(ii) a relative of a member of the fund.
Note:
Section 166 imposes an administrative penalty for a contravention of subsection (1) by a trustee in relation to a self managed superannuation fund.
65(2) Exception - private sector funds.
Subsection (1) does not prohibit the lending of money of a private sector fund established before 16 December 1985 to a member if the trustee of the fund, on or before that date:
(a)
had express power to lend money to members; or
(b)
lent money to members and that lending was not expressly prohibited by the governing rules of the fund.
65(3) Exception - public sector funds.
Subsection (1) does not prohibit the lending of money of a public sector fund established before 25 May 1988 to a member if the trustee of the fund, on or before that date:
(a)
had express power to lend money to members; or
(b)
lent money to members and that lending was not expressly prohibited by the governing rules of the fund.
65(4) Variation of governing rules.
(a)
subsection (2) or (3) applies to a regulated superannuation fund; and
(b)
at the beginning of the fund
'
s 1994-95 year of income, a provision included in the governing rules of the fund authorised the lending of the fund
'
s money to members;
a variation of that provision is void unless the variation:
(c)
limits the power to lend the fund
'
s money to members; or
(d)
removes the power to lend the fund
'
s money to members.
65(5) Civil penalty provision.
Subsection (1) is a civil penalty provision as defined by section 193 , and Part 21 therefore provides for civil and criminal consequences of contravening, or of being involved in a contravention of, that subsection.
65(6)
(Repealed by No 134 of 2008)
65(7) Effect of Part 8.
Nothing in Part 8 limits the operation of this section.
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