Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Act 2026 (38 of 2026)

Schedule 1   Digital asset platforms and tokenised custody platforms

Part 1   Core concepts

Division 1   Main amendments

Corporations Act 2001

16   At the end of subsection 768A(1) (after the examples)

Add:

Note 1: A facility covered by the definition of digital asset platform can be a clearing and settlement facility in either or both of the following ways:

(a) if this subsection applies to it;

(b) if it is declared under subsection 768B(1), in which case it is a clearing and settlement facility to the extent that the facility relates to the digital tokens specified in the declaration (see subsection (5) of this section).

Note 2: If a facility is covered by the definitions of digital asset platform and clearing and settlement facility , the facility is not a financial product to the extent that the facility is a clearing and settlement facility (see section 762B and subparagraph 765A(1)(l)(ii)).