Corporations Act 2001
Note: This Chapter applies to a CCIV in a modified form: see Division 4 of Part 8B.7 .
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Hide history noteCCH note - modifying legislative instruments: The application of Pt 7.7 is affected by the following legislative instruments that commenced or were amended on or after 1 January 2022: Class Order 14/1262: Relief for 31 Day Notice Term Deposits; the ASIC Corporations (Disclosure of Lack of Independence) Instrument 2021/125 (as amended by ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2024/554); the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services) Instrument 2023/669 (as amended by ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2024/554); the ASIC Corporations (Financial Services Guides) Instrument 2015/541 (as amended by the ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2024/809); and the ASIC Corporations (31-day Notice Term Deposits) Instrument 2025/172.
For other legislative instruments or class orders that affect the application of Pt 7.7, please consult the legislative instruments or class orders directly. These are reproduced in the regulatory-resources section of the company-law practice area in CCH iKnowConnect.
CCH note - modifying legislative instruments: The application of Division 7 is affected by the following legislative instruments that commenced or were amended on or after 1 January 2022: the ASIC Corporations (Incidental Retail Cover) Instrument 2022/716; and the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services) Instrument 2023/669.
For modifying legislative instruments or class orders before 1 January 2022 that affect the application of Division 7, please consult the legislative instruments or class orders directly. These are reproduced in the regulatory-resources section of the company-law practice area in CCH iKnowConnect.
CCH note - modifying legislative instruments: The application of Subdivision A is affected by the following legislative instruments that commenced or were amended on or after 1 January 2022: the ASIC Corporations (Incidental Retail Cover) Instrument 2022/716; and the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services) Instrument 2023/669.
For modifying legislative instruments or class orders before 1 January 2022 that affect the application of Subdivision A, please consult the legislative instruments or class orders directly. These are reproduced in the regulatory-resources section of the company-law practice area in CCH iKnowConnect.
CCH note: This provision is modified by legislative instruments. See the CCH note at the end of the provision for details.
A person commits an offence if: (a) the person engages in conduct that results in an alteration of a Financial Services Guide, a Supplementary Financial Services Guide or website disclosure information that:
(i) has been prepared by or on behalf of a particular financial services licensee; or
(b) the alteration results in the Financial Services Guide, Supplementary Financial Services Guide or website disclosure information becoming defective, or more defective than it previously was; and (c) the alteration is not made with the authority of the licensee; and (d) the person, in purported compliance with a provision of this Part:
(ii) the distribution of which by the person has been authorised by a particular financial services licensee; and
(i) gives the altered Financial Services Guide or Supplementary Financial Services Guide to another person; or
(ii) makes available, on its website, the altered website disclosure information.
CCH note - modifying legislative instruments: Section 952M is modified by the following legislative instruments that commenced or were amended on or after 1 January 2022: the ASIC Corporations (Incidental Retail Cover) Instrument 2022/716; and the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services) Instrument 2023/669.
For modifying legislative instruments or class orders before 1 January 2022, please consult the legislative instruments or class orders directly. These are reproduced in the regulatory-resources section of the company-law practice area in CCH iKnowConnect.
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