COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
BANKING ACT 1959
ORDER OF EXEMPTION
I, JAMES ROBERT SHORT, Assistant Treasurer acting for and behalf of the Treasurer, make
the following Order under section 11 on the Banking Act 1959.
Citation
- This order may be cited as the Banking (Exemption) Order No. 82.
Application of Order
2. This order applies to foreign corporations, authorised as banks in their home countries, that
raise funds in the Australian wholesale capital market by way of issuing securities.
3. Subject to clause 4, each corporation to which this Order applies is exempt from compliance
with section 66 of the Banking Act 1959 to the extent that the section prohibits the corporation from
using the word ‘bank’ or ‘banker’ or ‘banking’ in relation to the business of raising funds in the
Australian wholesale capital market by way of issuing securities.
Conditions
4. This Order is subject to the following conditions:
(a) the securities being offered and/or traded in parcels of not less than A$500,000; and
(b) it being clearly stated on the securities and any related information memoranda that the
securities are being issued by a bank that is not authorised under the Banking Act 1959.
Dated 23 September 1996
JAMES SHORT
Assistant Treasurer