Corporations Act 2001
Modifying legislative instruments: The application of Ch 5C is affected by the following legislative instruments that commenced on or after 1 January 2022: ASIC Corporations (Asset Holding Standards for Responsible Entities) Instrument 2024/16.
CCH Note: Section 601JD is modified by the ASIC Corporations (Discretions for Setting the Issue Price and Withdrawal Price of Interests in Managed Investment Schemes) Instrument 2023/693; and the ASIC Corporations (Changing the Responsible Entity) Instrument 2023/681.
A member of a scheme ' s compliance committee must: (a) act honestly; and (b) exercise the degree of care and diligence that a reasonable person would exercise if they were in the member ' s position; and (c) not make use of information acquired through being a member of the committee in order to:
(i) gain an improper advantage for the member or another person; or
(d) not make improper use of their position as a member of the committee to gain, directly or indirectly, an advantage for themselves or for any other person or to cause detriment to the members of the scheme.
(ii) cause detriment to the members of the scheme; and
601JD(2)
A member of the compliance committee is to take all reasonable steps to assist ASIC in carrying out a check under subsection 601FF(1) .
601JD(3)
A person who contravenes, or is involved in a contravention of, subsection (1) contravenes this subsection.
Note 1: Section 79 defines involved .
Note 2: Subsection (3) is a civil penalty provision (see section 1317E ).
601JD(4)
A person must not intentionally or recklessly contravene, or be involved in a contravention of, subsection (1) .
601JD(5)-(6)
(Repealed by No 117 of 2001, s 3, Sch 1 [ 189] and [ 190].)
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