Securities and Futures (Clearing Facilities) (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013

These Regulations may be cited as the Securities and Futures (Clearing Facilities) (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2013.

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“Act” means the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289);“approved clearing house”, “Authority”, “clearing facility” and “recognised clearing house” have the same meanings as in section 2(1) of the Act;“Singapore corporation” has the same meaning as in section 48(1) of the Act.

“Act” means the Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289);

“approved clearing house”, “Authority”, “clearing facility” and “recognised clearing house” have the same meanings as in section 2(1) of the Act;

“Singapore corporation” has the same meaning as in section 48(1) of the Act.

Every Singapore corporation specified in the Schedule, being, immediately before 1st August 2013, a person operating a clearing facility, shall, on and after that date, be deemed to have been approved as an approved clearing house under section 51(1)(a) of the Act with effect from that date.

Every condition or restriction imposed, on a Singapore corporation specified in the Schedule, by the Authority under Part III of the Act in force immediately before 1st August 2013 shall, on and after that date, continue in force as if that condition or restriction had been imposed by the Authority under section 51(4) of the Act.

Without prejudice to paragraph (2), the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of a Singapore corporation shall be subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Authority may think fit to impose under section 51(4) of the Act by notice in writing to the corporation.

Every Singapore corporation specified in the Schedule, being, immediately before 1st August 2013, a person operating a clearing facility, shall, on and after that date, be deemed to have been approved as an approved clearing house under section 51(1)(a) of the Act with effect from that date.

Every condition or restriction imposed, on a Singapore corporation specified in the Schedule, by the Authority under Part III of the Act in force immediately before 1st August 2013 shall, on and after that date, continue in force as if that condition or restriction had been imposed by the Authority under section 51(4) of the Act.

Without prejudice to paragraph (2), the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of a Singapore corporation shall be subject to such conditions or restrictions as the Authority may think fit to impose under section 51(4) of the Act by notice in writing to the corporation.