Clause 184

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Any person who, with intent to deceive, makes or furnishes, or knowingly and wilfully authorises or permits the making or furnishing of, any false or misleading statement or report to any approved exchange, licensed trade repository, approved clearing house, recognised clearing house, authorised benchmark administrator or exempt benchmark administrator, or to any officer of such persons —

while carrying on the activity of dealing in capital markets products;

relating to a financial instrument;

relating to the enforcement of the business rules of an approved exchange, a licensed trade repository or an approved clearing house or the listing rules of an approved exchange;

relating to the affairs of an entity or a business trust;

relating to a collective investment scheme;

relating to the affairs of the trustee‑manager of a registered business trust;

relating to a registered business trust which is managed and operated by the trustee‑manager of the registered business trust; or

while carrying on the activity of providing information in relation to a designated benchmark,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.”;

by deleting the words “subsection (1)(c)” in subsection (3) and substituting the words “subsection (1)(d)”; and

by deleting the section heading and substituting the following section heading:“Duty not to furnish false statements to approved exchange, licensed trade repository, approved clearing house, recognised clearing house, authorised benchmark administrator, exempt benchmark administrator and Securities Industry Council”.