Commodity Trading Act 1992 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Licences
12. Commodity broker’s licence
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No person, whether as principal or agent, may —
carry on business as a commodity broker; or
hold the person out as carrying on such a business, unless the person —
is licensed as a commodity broker under this Act; and
trades in accordance with the business rules and practices of a commodity market on which the trading takes place.
As from 8 October 2018, subsection (1) ceases to apply to any person who commences business as a commodity broker on or after that date.
commodity broker
“commodity broker” means a person who (whether as principal or agent) carries on the business of soliciting, or accepting orders, for the purchase or sale of any commodity by way of or relating to any commodity contract, whether or not the business is part of, or is carried on in conjunction with, any other business;
A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.