Corporations (Fees) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1994

No. 303 1

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Corporations (Fees) Regulations 2(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 Corporations Act 1989.

Dated 30 August 1994.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

M. LAVARCH

Attorney-General

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Corporations (Fees) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   Regulation 3

2.1   Omit the regulation, substitute:

Prescribed Fees

“3.

The fee prescribed for the purposes of section 25 of the Corporations Act 1989 for a chargeable matter set out in the Schedule is the fee specified in the Schedule for that matter.”.

3.   Schedule, Part 2 (Fees)

3.1   After Item 9, insert:

“9A	On lodging, by a disclosing entity that is a body referred to in subsection 323A (2), an annual return (as required by any law affecting the body), if the body has lodged financial statements and other documents under section 317A for which a fee is payable under Item 9B	no fee
“9B	On lodging, by a disclosing entity that is a body referred to in subsection 323A (2), financial statements and other documents referred to in section 317A: (a) for a financial year of the body (b) for the first 6 months of a  financial year of the body	$750 no fee
“9C	On lodging, by a disclosing entity that is a company, financial statements and other documents referred to in section 317A	no fee
“9D	On lodging, by a manager, a management company return under subsection 1071 (1) relating to a disclosing entity	$100
“9E	On lodging, by a manager, accounts and other documents referred to in subsection 323K (1) relating to a disclosing entity	no fee”.

3.2   Item 10:

Omit paragraph (b) in column 2, substitute:

“(b) a supplementary or replacement  prospectus under section 1023B  or 1024”.

3.3   After Item 10, insert:

“10A On lodging a notice under section 1043B: (a) relating to the sale of shares under  section 1043C (b) relating to the sale of other securities  under section 1043D $1500 $175”.

3.4   Item 11:

Omit “item 11” in column 2, substitute “item 12”.

3.5   Item 16:

After paragraph (a) in column 2, insert:

“(aa)   a securities clearing house; or”.

3.6   Item 16:

Paragraph (d) in column 2:

After “a”, insert “futures”.

3.7   Item 17:

After paragraph (a) in column 2, insert:

“(aa)  under subsection 779C (1), of an  amendment, or amendments, of the  business rules of a securities clearing  house; or”.

3.8   Item 17:

Paragraph (c) in column 2:

After “exchange,”, insert “futures”.

3.9   After Item 17, insert:

“17A On lodging, by a securities exchange, a statement referred to in subsection 776 (2A) relating to contraventions of the exchange’s business rules or listing rules, or of the Corporations Law no fee”.

3.10   After Item 42, insert:

“43 On lodging, by an unlisted disclosing entity, a document referred to in subsection 1001B (1) relating to price sensitive information no fee”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 2 September 1994.

2. Statutory Rules 1990 No. 456 as amended by 1992 No. 236; 1993 No. 242; 1994 Nos. 34 and 199.