Securities and Futures Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Clearing Facilities
67. Business rules of approved clearing houses have effect as contract
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The business rules of an approved clearing house are treated as, and are to operate as, a binding contract —
between the approved clearing house and each issuer;
between the approved clearing house and each participant;
between each issuer and each participant; and
between each participant and every other participant.
The approved clearing house, each issuer and each participant are treated as having agreed to observe, and to perform the obligations under, the provisions of the business rules that are in force for the time being, so far as those provisions are applicable to the approved clearing house, issuer or participant, as the case may be.
approved clearing house
“approved clearing house” means a corporation that is approved by the Authority under section 51(1)(a) as an approved clearing house;
In this section, “issuer” means a person who issued or made available, or proposes to issue or make available, securities, securities‑based derivatives contracts or units in a collective investment scheme that are cleared or settled by the approved clearing house.
securities
“securities” means —(a)shares, units in a business trust or any instrument conferring or representing a legal or beneficial ownership interest in a corporation, partnership or limited liability partnership;(b)debentures; or(c)any other product or class of products as may be prescribed,but does not include —(d)any unit of a collective investment scheme;(e)any bill of exchange;(f)any certificate of deposit issued by a bank or finance company, whether situated in Singapore or elsewhere; or(g)such other product or class of products as may be prescribed;