Singapore legislation
Regulation 35
of Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Collective Investment Schemes) Regulations 2005
Regulation 35
Exemption from requirement for expert’s consent under section 249(1) of Act
Subregulation 1
Section 249(1) of the Act read with section 302 of the Act shall not apply to a prospectus or profile statement which includes a relevant statement if —
the prospectus or profile statement relates to an offer of units in a collective investment scheme; and
the conditions referred to in paragraph (3) are satisfied.
Subregulation 2
Section 249(1) of the Act read with section 305B(4) of the Act and, notwithstanding regulation 34(1), paragraphs 36 and 37 of the Seventh Schedule shall not apply to an offer information statement under section 305B(1) of the Act which includes a relevant statement if —
the offer information statement relates to an offer of units in a collective investment scheme; and
the conditions referred to in paragraph (3) are satisfied.
Subregulation 3
The conditions referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) are that —
the relevant statement —
is not made by the expert in connection with the offer concerned in the prospectus or profile statement or the offer information statement, as the case may be;
is not made by the expert for the sole benefit of the collective investment scheme concerned; and
does not relate specifically to the affairs of the collective investment scheme concerned;
the expert is a person whom the persons signing the prospectus or profile statement or the offer information statement, as the case may be, reasonably believe to be an expert who —
has no material interest in the success of the issue or sale of the units; and
is not acting at the instigation of, or by arrangement with, the collective investment scheme concerned, the manager for the scheme, the trustee for the scheme, a director or an equivalent person of the scheme, manager or trustee, a proposed director or an equivalent person of the scheme, manager or trustee, or a person who has a material interest in the success of the issue or sale of the units;
the relevant statement is a correct and fair copy or a representation of, or an extract from, a statement made or information published by a source which the persons signing the prospectus or profile statement or the offer information statement, as the case may be, reasonably believe to be reliable; and
wherever the relevant statement appears in the prospectus or profile statement or the offer information statement, there shall be included in the prospectus, profile statement or offer information statement, as the case may be —
a statement that the expert has not consented to the inclusion of the relevant statement for the purposes of section 249 of the Act (read with section 302(1) or 305B(4) of the Act, as the case may be), and is therefore not liable for the relevant statement under sections 253 and 254 of the Act (read with section 302(1) or 305B(4) of the Act, as the case may be);
any disclaimer made by the expert in relation to reliance on the contents of the relevant statement which the persons signing the prospectus, profile statement or offer information statement, as the case may be, are reasonably aware;
a statement as to whether the persons signing the prospectus, profile statement or offer information statement, as the case may be, have verified the accuracy of the contents of the relevant statement;
a statement as to whether the persons signing the prospectus, profile statement or offer information statement, as the case may be, have included the relevant statement in its proper form and context in the prospectus, profile statement or offer information statement, as the case may be; and
a proper citation identifying the source of, and the location within the source of, the relevant statement, including, where available, the following details of the source:
each author or editor;
the title;
the publication date and every revision date; and
where the source is published on an Internet website, the uniform resource locator (URL) and version date.
Subregulation 4
In this regulation, “relevant statement” means a statement purporting to be made by, or to be based on a statement made by, an expert.