Corporations Act 2001
Note: This Chapter applies to a CCIV in a modified form: see Division 4 of Part 8B.7 .
CCH 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 1 [frac412] 62: Relief for 31 Day Notice Term Deposits; the ASIC Corporations (Disclosure of Lack of Independence) Instrument 202 1/12 5 (as amended by ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2024/554); and the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services) Instrument 202 3/6 69 (as amended by ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2024/554).
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 (Investor Directed Portfolio Services) Instrument 202 3/6 69.
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 (Investor Directed Portfolio Services) Instrument 202 3/6 69.
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.
Obligation
952H(1)
A financial services licensee contravenes this subsection if the licensee does not take reasonable steps to ensure that an authorised representative of the licensee: (a) complies with their obligations under this Part to give, or make available, disclosure documents or statements as and when required; and (b) without limiting paragraph (a), does not, in purported compliance with obligations under this Part, give, or make available, disclosure documents or statements that are defective.
Fault-based offence
952H(2)
A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1) .
Civil liability
952H(3)
A person contravenes this subsection if the person contravenes subsection (1) .
Note: This subsection is a civil penalty provision (see section 1317E ).
CCH note - modifying legislative instruments: Section 952H is modified by the following legislative instruments that commenced or were amended on or after 1 January 2022: the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services) Instrument 202 3/6 69.
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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