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 7.12 - MISCELLANEOUS  

Division 1 - Qualified privilege  

SECTION 1100C  

1100C   QUALIFIED PRIVILEGE FOR INFORMATION GIVEN TO MARKET LICENSEES AND CS FACILITY LICENSEES ETC.  

A person has qualified privilege in respect of the giving of information if:

(a) the person gives the information to any of the following persons or bodies:

(i) a market licensee;

(ii) a CS facility licensee;

(iii) a person acting under an arrangement to operate a licensed market or supervise a licensed CS facility;

(iv) a foreign person or body responsible for the supervision of the operation in a foreign country of a financial market or clearing and settlement facility; and

(b) the information is in relation to a contravention or suspected contravention of this Act or the operating rules of the market or facility concerned.