Corporations Act 2001
Note: This Chapter applies to a CCIV in a modified form: see Division 4 of Part 8B.7 .
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Hide history noteCCH note - modifying legislative instruments: The application of Pt 7.9 is affected by the following legislative instruments that commenced or were amended on or after 1 January 2022: the ASIC Corporations (Periodic Statement Relief for Quoted Securities) Instrument 2024/14; the ASIC Corporations (mFund) Instrument 2024/18; the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services) Instrument 2023/669 (as amended by ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2024/554); the ASIC Corporations (Employee Incentive Schemes - Ongoing Relief) Instrument 2025/169; the ASIC Corporations (31-day Notice Term Deposits) Instrument 2025/172; and the ASIC Corporations (Offers of CHESS Depository Interests) Instrument 2025/180.
The application of Pt 7.9 is also modified by the ASIC Corporations (Disclosure of Fees and Costs) Instrument 2019/1070; the Class Order 14/1262: Relief for 31 Day Notice Term Deposits; and the ASIC Corporations, Credit and Superannuation (Internal Dispute Resolution) Instrument 2020/98.
For other legislative instruments or class orders before 1 January 2022 that affect the application of Pt 7.9, 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 3 is affected by the following legislative instruments that commenced or were amended on or after 1 January 2022: the ASIC Corporations (Incidental Retail Cover) Instrument 2022/716; the ASIC Corporations (Removing Barriers to Electronic Disclosure) Instrument 2015/649; the ASIC Corporations (Shorter PDS and Delivery of Accessible Financial Products Disclosure by Platform Operators and Superannuation Trustees) Instrument 2022/497; the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services Provided Through a Registered Managed Investment Scheme) Instrument 2023/668; and the ASIC Corporations (Discretions for Setting the Issue Price and Withdrawal Price of Interests in Managed Investment Schemes) Instrument 2023/693.
For legislative instruments or class orders before 1 January 2022 that affect the application of Division 3, 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.
If: (a) particular financial products are, or have been, available for acquisition (whether by issue or sale) by a person or persons as retail clients; and (b) the issue or sale of those products is not covered by an Australian financial services licence;
both the issuer, and any regulated person obliged under subsection 1012C(5) , (6) or (8) to give a retail client a Product Disclosure Statement for one or more of those financial products, must each:
(c) have a dispute resolution system complying with subsection (2) ; and (d) give to ASIC the same information as the issuer or regulated person would be required to give under subparagraph 912A(1)(g)(ii) of that Act if the issuer or regulated person were a financial services licensee.Note 1: If the issue of particular financial products is covered by an Australian financial services licence, the requirement to have a dispute resolution system relating to the issue of the products is imposed by paragraph 912A(1)(g) .
Note 2: Failure to comply with this subsection is an offence (see subsection 1311(1) ).
1017G(2)
To comply with this subsection, a dispute resolution system must consist of: (a) an internal dispute resolution procedure that:
(i) complies with standards, and requirements, made or approved by ASIC in accordance with regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph; and
(ii) covers complaints, against the person required to have the system, made by retail clients in relation to financial services provided in relation to any of those products or, if any of those products are foreign passport fund products, the operation of the relevant notified foreign passport fund; and
(b) (Repealed) (c) membership of the AFCA scheme.
1017G(3)
Regulations made for the purposes of subparagraph (2)(a)(i) may also deal with the variation or revocation of: (a) standards or requirements made by ASIC; or (b) approvals given by ASIC.
[ CCH Note: For Division 3A - Short-Form Product Disclosure Statements and Division 3B - Supplementary Short-Form Product Disclosure Statements, see Corporations Regulations Schedule 10BA Modifications of the Act relating to short-form product disclosure statements, Part 3, item 3.1]
CCH Note - modifying legislative instruments: Section 1017G is modified by the following legislative instruments that commenced or were amended on or after 1 January 2022: the ASIC Corporations (Incidental Retail Cover) Instrument 2022/716; the ASIC Corporations (Removing Barriers to Electronic Disclosure) Instrument 2015/649; the ASIC Corporations (Shorter PDS and Delivery of Accessible Financial Products Disclosure by Platform Operators and Superannuation Trustees) Instrument 2022/497; the ASIC Corporations (Investor Directed Portfolio Services Provided Through a Registered Managed Investment Scheme) Instrument 2023/668; and the ASIC Corporations (Discretions for Setting the Issue Price and Withdrawal Price of Interests in Managed Investment Schemes) Instrument 2023/693.
Section 1017G is also modified by ASIC Corporations, Credit and Superannuation (Internal Dispute Resolution) Instrument 2020/98.
For other 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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