Corporations Act 2001
Note: This Chapter applies to a CCIV in a modified form: see Division 4 of Part 8B.7 .
A CS facility licensee must: (aa) comply with standards in force under section 827D or 827DA ; and (ab) do all other things necessary to reduce systemic risk to the extent that it is reasonably practicable to do so; and (a) to the extent that it is reasonably practicable to do so, do all things necessary to ensure that the facility ' s services are provided in a fair and effective way; and (b) comply with the conditions on the licence; and (c) have adequate arrangements (whether they involve a self-regulatory structure or the appointment of an independent person or related entity) for supervising the facility, including arrangements for:
(i) handling conflicts between the commercial interests of the licensee and the need for the licensee to ensure that the facility ' s services are provided in a fair and effective way; and
(d) have sufficient resources (including financial, technological and human resources) to operate the facility properly and for the required supervisory arrangements to be provided; and (e) if the licensee is a foreign body corporate - be registered under Division 2 of Part 5B.2 ; and (ea) if the licence was granted under subsection 824B(1) (domestic clearing and settlement facilities) - be registered under Chapter 2A ; and (f) if the licence was granted under subsection 824B(2) (overseas clearing and settlement facilities) - both:
(ii) enforcing compliance with the facility ' s operating rules; and
(i) remain authorised to operate a clearing and settlement facility in the foreign country in which the licensee ' s principal place of business is located; and
(g) if the licensee, or a holding company of the licensee, is a widely held market body - take all reasonable steps to ensure that an unacceptable control situation does not exist in relation to the body; and (h) take all reasonable steps to ensure that no disqualified individual becomes, or remains, involved in the licensee (see Division 2 of Part 7.4 ).
(ii) get ASIC ' s approval under section 821F before that principal place of business becomes located in any other foreign country; and
[ CCH Note 1: S 821A(1) will be amended by No 87 of 2024, s 3, Sch 2 [ 125], by inserting para (ga) (effective 17 March 2025). Para (ga) will read:
(ga) take:
(i) all reasonable steps; and
(ii) if the licence was granted under subsection 824B(1) (domestic clearing and settlement facilities) - all additional steps (if any) prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subparagraph;to ensure that each core officer of the licensee is:
(iii) a fit and proper person to perform the functions of a core officer of the licensee; and
(iv) without limiting subparagraph (iii) - capable of performing those functions, including being competent to perform those functions; and]
[ CCH Note 2: S 821A(1) will be amended by No 87 of 2024, s 3, Sch 2 [ 126], by inserting para (i) (effective 17 March 2025). Para (i) will read:
; and (i) take all reasonable steps to ensure that no individual against whom an FMI banning order is made does any of the things mentioned in subsection 853N(1) in relation to the licensee in contravention of the order.]
821A(2)
A person contravenes this subsection if the person contravenes a paragraph of subsection (1) other than paragraph (b) .
Note: This subsection is a civil penalty provision (see section 1317E ).
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