Corporations Act 2001

CHAPTER 7 - FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS  

PART 7.7 - FINANCIAL SERVICES DISCLOSURE  

Division 2 - Person provided with financial service as retail client to be given a Financial Services Guide  

Subdivision B - Content and authorisation of Financial Services Guide  

SECTION 942E   942E   ALTERING A FINANCIAL SERVICES GUIDE AFTER ITS PREPARATION AND BEFORE GIVING IT TO A PERSON  

A financial services licensee, or an authorised representative of a financial services licensee, must not, in purported compliance with a provision of this Part, give a person a Financial Services Guide (the FSG ) that has been altered (otherwise than pursuant to paragraph (b)) after the date specified in the FSG as required by subsection 942B(5) or 942C(5) unless:

(a) the alteration was made by, or with the authority of:

(i) if section 942B applies to the FSG - the financial services licensee to which the FSG relates; or

(ii) if section 942C applies to the FSG - the financial services licensee, or each of the financial services licensees, who authorised the distribution of the FSG; and

(b) if the alteration is a material alteration - the date of the FSG has been changed to the date on which the alteration was made.

Note: Failure to comply with this section is an offence (see subsection 1311(1) ).