Corporations Act 2001
CHAPTER 7
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FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS
A non-monetary benefit given to a financial services licensee, or a representative of a financial services licensee, who provides financial product advice to persons as retail clients is not conflicted remuneration in the circumstances set out in any of the following paragraphs:
(a) the benefit is given to the licensee or representative solely in relation to a general insurance product;
(b) each of the following is satisfied:
(c) the benefit satisfies each of the following:
(d) the benefit satisfies each of the following:
(e) the benefit is given to the licensee or representative by a retail client in relation to:
(f) the benefit is a prescribed benefit or is given in prescribed circumstances.
The regulations may prescribe circumstances in which, despite subsection (1), all or part of a benefit is to be treated as conflicted remuneration.
This section applies despite section 963A and any regulations made for the purposes of section 963AA .
PART 7.7A
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BEST INTERESTS OBLIGATIONS AND REMUNERATION
Division 4
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Conflicted remuneration
Subdivision B
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What is conflicted remuneration?
SECTION 963C
NON-MONETARY BENEFIT GIVEN IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES NOT
CONFLICTED REMUNERATION
963C(1)
A non-monetary benefit given to a financial services licensee, or a representative of a financial services licensee, who provides financial product advice to persons as retail clients is not conflicted remuneration in the circumstances set out in any of the following paragraphs:
(a) the benefit is given to the licensee or representative solely in relation to a general insurance product;
(b) each of the following is satisfied:
(i) the benefit is of less than an amount prescribed;
(ii) identical or similar benefits are not given on a frequent or regular basis;
(c) the benefit satisfies each of the following:
(i) the benefit has a genuine education or training purpose;
(ii) the benefit is relevant to the carrying on of a financial services business;
(iii) the benefit complies with regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph;
(d) the benefit satisfies each of the following:
(i) the benefit is the provision of information technology software or support;
(ii) the benefit is related to the provision of financial product advice to persons as retail clients in relation to the financial products issued or sold by the benefit provider;
(iii) the benefit complies with regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph;
(e) the benefit is given to the licensee or representative by a retail client in relation to:
(i) the issue or sale of a financial product by the licensee or representative to the client; or
(ii) financial product advice given by the licensee or representative to the client;
(f) the benefit is a prescribed benefit or is given in prescribed circumstances.
963C(2)
The regulations may prescribe circumstances in which, despite subsection (1), all or part of a benefit is to be treated as conflicted remuneration.
963C(3)
This section applies despite section 963A and any regulations made for the purposes of section 963AA .
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