Corporations Act 2001
Note: This Chapter applies to a CCIV in a modified form: see Division 4 of Part 8B.7 .
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Hide history noteCCH note - modifying legislative instruments: The application of Pt 7.9 is affected by the following legislative instruments that commenced or were amended on or after 1 January 2022: the ASIC Corporations (Periodic Statement Relief for Quoted Securities) Instrument 2024/14; the ASIC Corporations (mFund) Instrument 2024/18; and the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services) Instrument 2023/669 (as amended by ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2024/554).
The application of Pt 7.9 is also modified by the ASIC Corporations (Disclosure of Fees and Costs) Instrument 2019/1070; and Class Order 14/1262: Relief for 31 Day Notice Term Deposits.
For other legislative instruments or class orders before 1 January 2022 that affect the application of Pt 7.9, please consult the legislative instruments or class orders directly. These are reproduced in the regulatory-resources section of the company-law practice area in CCH iKnowConnect.
CCH Note: Division 7 is modified by the ASIC Corporations (Incidental Retail Cover) Instrument 2022/716; the ASIC Corporations (Removing Barriers to Electronic Disclosure) Instrument 2015/649; the ASIC Corporations (Shorter PDS and Delivery of Accessible Financial Products Disclosure by Platform Operators and Superannuation Trustees) Instrument 2022/497; the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services Provided Through a Registered Managed Investment Scheme) Instrument 2023/668; the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services) Instrument 2023/669; and the ASIC Corporations (Discretions for Setting the Issue Price and Withdrawal Price of Interests in Managed Investment Schemes) Instrument 2023/693.
CCH Note: Subdivision A is modified by the ASIC Corporations (Incidental Retail Cover) Instrument 2022/716; the ASIC Corporations (Removing Barriers to Electronic Disclosure) Instrument 2015/649; the ASIC Corporations (Shorter PDS and Delivery of Accessible Financial Products Disclosure by Platform Operators and Superannuation Trustees) Instrument 2022/497; the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services Provided Through a Registered Managed Investment Scheme) Instrument 2023/668; the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services) Instrument 2023/669; and the ASIC Corporations (Discretions for Setting the Issue Price and Withdrawal Price of Interests in Managed Investment Schemes) Instrument 2023/693.
CCH Note: Section 1021B is modified by the ASIC Corporations (Incidental Retail Cover) Instrument 2022/716; the ASIC Corporations (Removing Barriers to Electronic Disclosure) Instrument 2015/649; the ASIC Corporations (Shorter PDS and Delivery of Accessible Financial Products Disclosure by Platform Operators and Superannuation Trustees) Instrument 2022/497; the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services Provided Through a Registered Managed Investment Scheme) Instrument 2023/668; the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services) Instrument 2023/669; and the ASIC Corporations (Discretions for Setting the Issue Price and Withdrawal Price of Interests in Managed Investment Schemes) Instrument 2023/693.
In this Subdivision:
defective
, in relation to a disclosure document or statement, means:
(a) there is a misleading or deceptive statement in the disclosure document or statement; or
(b) if it is a Product Disclosure Statement - there is an omission from the Product Disclosure Statement of material required by section 1013C , other than material required by section 1013B or 1013G ; or
(c) if it is a Supplementary Product Disclosure Statement that is given for the purposes of section 1014E - there is an omission from the Supplementary Product Disclosure Statement of material required by that section; or
(d) if it is information required by paragraph 1012G(3)(a) - there is an omission from the information of material required by that paragraph;
being a statement, or an omission, that is or would be materially adverse from the point of view of a reasonable person considering whether to proceed to acquire the financial product concerned.
Note: In determining whether a Product Disclosure Statement is defective, the effect of section 1014D must be taken into account (section 1014D takes information and statements in a Supplementary Product Disclosure Statement to be included in the Product Disclosure Statement it supplements).
[ CCH Note: For s 1021B(1) (definition of defective , para (ba) and (ca)), see Corporations Regulations Schedule 10BA - Modifications of the Act relating to short-form product disclosure statements, Part 3, items 3.9 and 3.10]
disclosure document or statement
means:
(a) a Product Disclosure Statement; or
(b) a Supplementary Product Disclosure Statement; or
(c) information required by paragraph 1012G(3)(a) .
[ CCH Note: For s 1021B(1) (definition of disclosure document or statement , para (ba) and (bb)), see Corporations Regulations Schedule 10BA - Modifications of the Act relating to short-form product disclosure statements, Part 3, item 3.11]
regulated person
(Repealed by No 76 of 2023, s 3, Sch 2[538] (effective 20 October 2023).)
1021B(1A)
For the avoidance of doubt, if section 1012J (information must be up to date) is not complied with in relation to a Product Disclosure Statement, then, for the purposes of the definition of defective in subsection (1) : (a) if the circumstance constituting the non-compliance is that particular information included in the Product Disclosure Statement is not as up to date as section 1012J requires it to be - the information so included constitutes a misleading statement in the Product Disclosure Statement; and (b) if the circumstance constituting the non-compliance is a failure to include particular information that was not previously required to be included in the Product Disclosure Statement - the failure to include the information constitutes an omission from the Statement of material required by section 1013C .
Note 1: The effect of section 1014D (information in a Supplementary Product Disclosure Statement is taken to be contained in the Product Disclosure Statement it supplements) must be taken into account in determining whether section 1012J is complied with in relation to a Product Disclosure Statement.
Note 2: Whether the inclusion of out of date information, or the failure to include information, results in the Product Disclosure Statement being defective as defined in subsection (1) depends on whether the materiality test set out in that definition is satisfied.
1021B(2)
In this Subdivision, a reference (including in the definitions in subsection (1) ) to a document or statement, or to information, of a kind referred to in a paragraph of the definition of disclosure document or statement in subsection (1) includes a reference to something purporting to be a document or statement, or to be information, of that kind.
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