Banks (Shareholdings) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1998No. 49 1

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Banks (Shareholdings) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Banks (Shareholdings) Act 1972.

Dated 18 March 1998.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER COSTELLO

Treasurer

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on gazettal.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Banks (Shareholdings) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 6 (Prescribed classes of persons and prescribed interests—paragraph 8 (9) (d) of the Act (certain underwriters))

3.1   Omit the regulation.

4.   New regulation 13

4.1   After regulation 12, insert:

Prescribed interest in shares and prescribed persons (Act, paragraph 8 (9) (d))—Rothschild Australia Limited

 “13. For paragraph 8 (9) (d) of the Act, a person who, under section 8 or 9 of the Act, is taken to have an interest in a share, held by a shareholder of Rothschild Continuation Holdings AG, in Rothschild Australia Limited is a prescribed person and the interest is a prescribed interest.”.

5.   Schedule (Banks and persons specified for purposes of regulations 3 and 4)

5.1   After item 24A, insert:

“24B	Rothschild Australia Limited	NMRA Investment Pty Limited
N M Rothschild & Sons Limited, being the corporation formed or incorporated under that name in the United Kingdom
N M Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Pty Limited
N M Rothschild & Sons (Singapore) Limited, being the corporation formed or incorporated under that name in Singapore
N M Rothschild & Sons (Hong Kong) Limited, being the corporation formed or incorporated under that name in Hong Kong
N M Rothschild Corporate Finance Limited, being the corporation formed or incorporated under that name in the United Kingdom
N M Rothschild Holdings Limited, being the corporation formed or incorporated under that name in the United Kingdom
Rothschilds Continuation Limited, being the corporation formed or incorporated under that name in the United Kingdom
Rothschilds Continuation Holdings AG, being the corporation formed or incorporated under that name in Switzerland
Rothschild Partnership Holdings AG, being the corporation formed or incorporated under that name in Switzerland”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 March 1998.

2. Statutory Rules 1985 No. 67 as amended by 1985 Nos. 233, 263, 299, 311, 336, 337, 338 and 376; 1986 Nos. 10, 11, 12, 13, 21, 23, 24, 44, 92, 107 and 116; 1987 Nos. 26, 126, 127 and 208; 1988 Nos. 323 and 379; 1989 Nos. 4 and 64; 1990 Nos. 345 and 469; 1991 Nos. 21, 57, 92, 120, 225, 278, 279 and 292; 1992 Nos. 102, 302, 359 and 416; 1993 No. 259; 1994 Nos. 97, 207, 308, 331, 385 and 431; 1995 Nos. 4, 106, 143, 238, 355, 380, 415 and 435; 1996 Nos. 23, 34, 146, 147, 223, 242, 257, 258, 259, 348, 349 and 353; 1997 No. 295.