Corporations Regulations 2001
A mortgage-backed security is:
(a) an interest in a trust that entitles the holder of, or beneficial owner under, the interest to:
(i) the whole, or any part, of the rights or entitlements of a mortgagee and any other rights or entitlements in respect of a mortgage or pool of mortgages; or
(ii) any amount payable by the mortgagor or mortgagors under a mortgage or mortgages (whether or not the amount is payable to the holder of, or beneficial owner under, the interest on the same terms as under the mortgage or mortgages); or
(iii) payments that are derived mainly from the income or receipts of a mortgage or pool of mortgages;
and that may, in addition, entitle the holder, or beneficial owner, to a transfer or assignment of the mortgage or mortgages; or
(b) a debt security (whether or not in writing) the payments under which by the person who issues or makes the debt security are derived mainly from the income or receipts of a mortgage or pool of mortgages; or
(c) any of the following:
(i) an interest in a trust:
(A) creating a right or interest (whether described as a unit, bond or otherwise) for a beneficiary; or
(B) conferring a right or interest (whether described as a unit, bond or otherwise) on a beneficiary; or
(C) consisting of a right or interest (whether described as a unit, bond or otherwise) of a beneficiary;in a scheme under which any profit or income in which the beneficiaries share arises from the acquisition, holding, management or disposal of a mortgage, pool of mortgages or the income or receipts of a mortgage or pool of mortgages;
(ii) any instrument that evidences a right or interest mentioned in subparagraph (i);
(iii) a security (whether or not in writing) the payments under which by the person who issues or makes the security are derived mainly from the income or receipts of a mortgage or pool of mortgages;
(iv) an interest in a trust or a debt security (whether or not in writing);
(v) an instrument or property that creates an interest in, or charge over an interest in, a trust;
(vi) a debt security (whether or not in writing);
5D.1.03(2) [ What mortgage-backed security does not include]
(vii) any other property to which paragraph (a) or (b) or subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) applies.
However, a mortgage-backed security does not include an instrument or property consisting of any of the following:
(a) a mortgage;
(b) the transfer of a mortgage;
(c) a declaration of trust.
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