Corporations Regulations 2001

CHAPTER 7 - FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS  

PART 7.8 - OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONDUCT ETC CONNECTED WITH FINANCIAL PRODUCTS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES, OTHER THAN FINANCIAL PRODUCT DISCLOSURE  

Division 7 - Other rules about conduct  

REGULATION 7.8.17   PRIORITY TO CLIENTS ' ORDERS  

7.8.17(1)   [ Participant in a licensed market]  

For paragraph 991B(3)(b) of the Act, if a participant in a licensed market:


(a) enters into a transaction; and


(b) complies with all of the participant ' s obligations in relation to the transaction under the market integrity rules and the operating rules of the licensed market;

subsection 991B(2) of the Act does not apply in relation to the transaction.

7.8.17(2)   [ Not a participant in a licensed market]  

Subject to subregulation (3), for paragraph 991B(3) (b) of the Act, subsection 991B(2) of the Act does not apply to a transaction if, at the time that the instruction is issued, the financial services licensee is not a participant in the licensed market on which the particular financial product is being traded.

7.8.17(3)   [ Limitation]  

Subregulation (2) does not apply if:


(a) the financial services licensee deals, or has dealt, in a financial product traded on that market:


(i) on the licensee's own behalf (whether directly or through an agent or other representative); or

(ii) on behalf of a client; or


(b) an associate of the financial services licensee is a participant in the market mentioned in that subregulation.




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