Corporations Act 2001

CHAPTER 7 - FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS  

Note: This Chapter applies to a CCIV in a modified form: see Division 4 of Part 8B.7 .

PART 7.5A - REGULATION OF DERIVATIVE TRANSACTIONS AND DERIVATIVE TRADE REPOSITORIES  

Division 4 - Regulation of licensed derivative trade repositories: derivative trade repository rules  

Subdivision B - Compliance with derivative trade repository rules  

SECTION 903E   ALTERNATIVES TO CIVIL PROCEEDINGS  

903E(1)    
The regulations may provide for a person who is alleged to have contravened section 903D to do one or more of the following as an alternative to civil proceedings:


(a) pay a penalty to the Commonwealth;


(b) undertake or institute remedial measures (including education programs);


(c) accept sanctions other than the payment of a penalty to the Commonwealth;


(d) enter into a legally enforceable undertaking.

903E(2)    


The penalty payable under regulations made under paragraph (1)(a) in relation to an alleged contravention of a derivative trade repository rule must not exceed:


(a) for an individual - 200 penalty units; and


(b) for a body corporate - 1,000 penalty units.


903E(3)    
Without limiting regulations that may be made for the purpose of paragraph (1)(d), those regulations may provide for one or more of the following kinds of undertakings:


(a) an undertaking to take specified action within a specified period;


(b) an undertaking to refrain from taking specified action;


(c) an undertaking to pay a specified amount within a specified period to the Commonwealth or to some other specified person.


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