Securities and Futures Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Clearing Facilities
49. Requirement for approval or recognition
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A person must not establish or operate a clearing facility, or hold out that the person is operating a clearing facility, unless the person is —
clearing facility
“clearing facility” has the meaning given in Part 2 of the First Schedule;
an approved clearing house; or
a recognised clearing house.
A person must not hold out that the person is —
an approved clearing house, unless the person is an approved clearing house; or
a recognised clearing house, unless the person is a recognised clearing house.
Except with the written approval of the Authority, no person, other than an approved clearing house or a recognised clearing house, may take or use, or have attached to or exhibited at any place —
the title or description “securities clearing house” or “futures clearing house” in any language; or
any title or description which resembles a title or description referred to in paragraph (a).
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $250,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $25,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $2,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
Without affecting section 337(1), the Authority may, by regulations made under section 81Q, exempt any corporation or class of corporations from subsection (1), subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Authority may prescribe in those regulations.
corporation
“corporation” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;
Without affecting section 337(3) and (4), the Authority may, by written notice, exempt any corporation from subsection (1), subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Authority may specify by written notice, if the Authority is satisfied that the exemption will not detract from the objectives specified in section 47.
It is not necessary to publish any exemption granted under subsection (7) in the Gazette.
The Authority may, at any time, by written notice —
add to the conditions and restrictions referred to in subsection (7); or
vary or revoke any condition or restriction referred to in that subsection.
Every corporation that is granted an exemption under subsection (6) must satisfy every condition or restriction imposed on it under that subsection.
Every corporation that is granted an exemption under subsection (7) must, for the duration of the exemption, satisfy every condition or restriction imposed on it under that subsection or subsection (9).
Any corporation which contravenes subsection (10) or (11) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $150,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $15,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.