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 7.6 - LICENSING OF PROVIDERS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES  

Division 1 - Preliminary  

SECTION 910A  

910A   MEANING OF SOME TERMS RELATING TO LICENSING OF PROVIDERS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES  


In this Act:

body corporate licensee
means a body corporate that:


(a) is a financial services licensee; and


(b) is authorised to provide personal advice to retail clients in relation to relevant financial products.

class of product advice
means financial product advice about a class of products, but does not include a recommendation about a specific product in the class.

CPD year
(short for continuing professional development year): a financial services licensee ' s CPD year is the 12-month period beginning on the day of the year included in the most recent notice given by the licensee under section 922HA .

foreign qualification
means a bachelor or higher degree, or equivalent qualification, awarded by a tertiary education institution outside Australia.

limited-service time-sharing adviser
: a person is a limited-service time-sharing adviser if:


(a) the person is a relevant provider; and


(b) the only relevant financial product that the person provides advice in relation to is a time-sharing scheme; and


(c) the person has not met any one or more of the education and training standards in subsections 921B(2) to (4) .

qualified tax relevant provider
: a person is a qualified tax relevant provider if:


(a) the person is a relevant provider; and


(b) if a determination is in force under subsection 921BB(1) - the person meets each requirement set out in the determination that is of a kind mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of that subsection.

relevant financial products
means financial products other than:


(a) basic banking products; or


(b) general insurance products; or


(c) consumer credit insurance; or


(d) a combination of any of those products.

relevant provider
: a person is a relevant provider if the person:


(a) is an individual; and


(b) is:


(i) a financial services licensee; or

(ii) an authorised representative of a financial services licensee; or

(iii) an employee or director of a financial services licensee; or

(iv) an employee or director of a related body corporate of a financial services licensee; and


(c) is authorised to provide personal advice to retail clients, as the licensee or on behalf of the licensee, in relation to relevant financial products.


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