CCH Note:
Part 13 of the
Corporations Act 1989, inserted
by sec 6 of No 110 of 1990, Sch 1 (effective 1 January 1991), begins as
follows:
PART 13 - THE CORPORATIONS LAW
THE CORPORATIONS LAW
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The Corporations Law is as follows:...
CHAPTER 2J - TRANSACTIONS AFFECTING SHARE CAPITAL
History
Chapter 2J inserted by No 61 of 1998, Sch 1 (effective
1 July 1998).
PART 2J.3 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
History
Part 2J.3 inserted by No 61 of 1998, Sch 1 (effective 1 July 1998).
SECTION 260C
EXEMPTED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
260C(1)
General exemptions based on ordinary course of commercial dealing.
Financial assistance is exempted from section
260A if it is given in the ordinary course of commercial dealing and consists of:
(a)
acquiring or creating a lien on partly-paid shares in the company for amounts payable to the company on the shares; or
(b)
entering into an agreement with a person under which the person may make payments to the company on shares by instalments.
History
S 260C(1) inserted by No 61 of 1998, Sch 1 (effective 1 July 1998).
260C(2)
Special exemptions for financial institutions.
Financial assistance is exempted from section
260A if:
(a)
the company's ordinary business includes providing finance; and
(b)
the financial assistance is given in the ordinary course of that business and on ordinary commercial terms.
History
S 260C(2) inserted by No 61 of 1998, Sch 1 (effective 1 July 1998).
260C(3)
Special exemptions for subsidiaries of debenture issuers.
Financial assistance is exempted from section
260A if:
(a)
the company is a subsidiary of a borrower in relation to debentures; and
(b)
the financial assistance is a guarantee or other security given by the company for the repayment by the borrower of money that it is or will be liable to repay; and
(c)
the borrower is a borrower in relation to the debentures because it is or will be liable to repay the money; and
(d)
the guarantee or security is given by the company in the ordinary course of commercial dealing.
History
S 260C(3) amended by No 156 of 1999, Sch 3, Pt 2 (effective 13 March 2000).
S 260C(3) inserted by No 61 of 1998, Sch 1 (effective 1 July 1998).
260C(4)
Special exemption for approved employee share schemes.
Financial assistance is exempted from section
260A if it is given under an employee share scheme that has been approved by:
(a)
a resolution passed at a general meeting of the company; and
(b)
if the company is a subsidiary of a listed domestic corporation - a resolution passed at a general meeting of the listed domestic corporation; and
(c)
if paragraph (b) does not apply but the company has a holding company that is a domestic corporation and that is not itself a subsidiary of a domestic corporation - a resolution passed at a general meeting of that holding company.
History
S 260C(4) inserted by No 61 of 1998, Sch 1 (effective 1 July 1998).
260C(5)
Other exemptions.
The following types of financial assistance are exempted from section
260A:
(a)
a reduction of share capital in accordance with
Division 1 of
Part 2J.1
(b)
a share buy-back in accordance with
Division 2 of Part 2J.1
(c)
assistance given under a court order
(d)
a discharge on ordinary commercial terms of a liability that the company incurred as a result of a transaction entered into on ordinary commercial terms.
History
S 260C(5) inserted by No 61 of 1998, Sch 1 (effective 1 July 1998).
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