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FINANCIAL SECTOR (COLLECTION OF DATA) ACT 2001 - SECT 5

Entities covered by the Act

             (1)  This Act deals with financial sector entities.

             (2)  A financial sector entity is:

                     (a)  a registered entity; or

                     (b)  a regulated entity; or

                     (c)  a corporation to which section 5A applies; or

                     (d)  a discretionary mutual fund.

             (3)  A registered entity is a corporation whose name is entered in the Register of Entities kept by APRA under section 8.

             (4)  A regulated entity is any of the following:

                     (a)  a body regulated by APRA (within the meaning of subsection 3(2) of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998 );

                     (c)  a subsidiary of an ADI, or a subsidiary of an authorised NOHC, within the meaning of the Banking Act 1959 .

             (5)  A discretionary mutual fund is a fund (however constituted) for making payments on the happening of a specified event (where there is uncertainty as to whether, or when, the event will happen), that is a fund:

                     (a)  to which 2 or more persons contribute, and:

                              (i)  out of which payments may be made in respect of liabilities, losses, damages or expenses of the contributors; and

                             (ii)  that is governed by rules under which any such payment for the benefit of a contributor is subject to a discretion of a person or body; or

                     (b)  that is declared to be a discretionary mutual fund, or included in a class of funds that are declared to be discretionary mutual funds, by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph.

             (6)  However, a fund (however constituted) is not a discretionary mutual fund if:

                     (a)  a contributor has a right, in law or equity, to a payment of a kind referred to in subparagraph (5)(a)(i); or

                     (b)  the fund is:

                              (i)  declared not to be a discretionary mutual fund; or

                             (ii)  included in a class of funds that are declared not to be discretionary mutual funds;

                            by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph.



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