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Reprint as at 4 October 2013 Futures Contracts (NZCDC Settlement System and NZX Derivatives Market) Exemption Notice 2010 (SR 2010/304) Pursuant to section 48(1)(d) of the Securities Markets Act 1988, the Securities Commission gives the following notice (to which is ap- pended a statement of reasons of the Securities Commission).
Contents Title Commencement Expiry Interpretation Exemption for specified participants and derivatives participants from all of Regulations Conditions of exemption in clause 5 Exemption for NZ Depository from dealer provisions of Regulations Condition of exemption in clause 7 (with effect of treating NZ Depository as if it were clearing house) Exemption for specified participants consequential on exemption for NZ Depository in clause 7 Page 2 2 2 2 4 4 5 6 6 Note Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

This notice is administered by the Securities Commission.
1 Futures Contracts (NZCDC Settlement System and NZX Derivatives Market) Exemption Notice 2010 Reprinted as at 4 October 2013 Condition of exemption in clause 9 (with effect of allowing specified participants to deal with NZ Depository as if it were clearing house) Exemption for NZ Depository from regulation 20(3)(b)(ii) of Regulations Exemption for derivatives participants from regulation 8(1)(a) and (f) of Regulations 7 8 9 Notice Title This notice is the Futures Contracts (NZCDC Settlement Sys- tem and NZX Derivatives Market) Exemption Notice 2010.
Commencement This notice comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette.

Expiry This notice expires on the close of 30 November 2015.
Interpretation In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires,— Act means the Securities Markets Act 1988 AFS licence means an Australian financial services licence granted under the Corporations Act, which allows the clear- ing participant or the derivatives participant to advise retail and wholesale clients on, and to deal on behalf of retail and wholesale clients in, derivatives contracts, including futures contracts clearing participant means a participant in the NZCDC settlement system that participates in the clearing house, but does not include NZ Clearing Corporations Act means the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth of Australia Corporations Regulations means the Corporations Regula- tions 2001 of the Commonwealth of Australia cl 1 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 (1) 2 Reprinted as at 4 October 2013 Futures Contracts (NZCDC Settlement System and NZX Derivatives Market) Exemption Notice 2010 cl 4 C&S Rules means NZ Clearing’s Clearing and Settlement Rules, which are part of the rules of the NZCDC settlement system depository operating rules means NZ Depository’s De- pository Operating Rules, which are part of the rules of the NZCDC settlement system depository participant means a participant in the NZCDC settlement system that participates in the depository, but does not include NZ Depository derivatives contract has the same meaning as in the Deriva- tives Market Rules of the NZX derivatives market and in the C&S Rules derivatives participant means a participant in the NZX derivatives market that holds
 client money or client property NZ Clearing means New Zealand Clearing Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of NZCDC and the specified oper- ator of, and a participant in, the NZCDC settlement system NZ Depository means New Zealand Depository Limited, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of NZCDC and an oper- ator of, and a participant in, the NZCDC settlement system NZCDC means New Zealand Clearing and Depository Cor- poration Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of NZX Limited NZCDC settlement system means the settlement system owned by, and operated and managed by or on behalf of, NZCDC that is declared to be a designated settlement system pursuant to section 156N of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989 NZX derivatives market means the futures market in respect of which NZX Limited is authorised by the Securities Com- mission under Part 3 of the Act as an authorised futures ex- change Regulations means the Futures Industry (Client Funds) Regu- lations 1990 segregated derivatives market client funds settlement account means a segregated derivatives market client funds settlement account required by rule 2.21.4 of the C&S Rules specified participant means a person that is both a clearing participant and a depository participant.
3 cl 5 Futures Contracts (NZCDC Settlement System and NZX Derivatives Market) Exemption Notice 2010 Reprinted as at 4 October 2013 (2) Any term or expression that is defined in the Act or the Regu- lations and used, but not defined, in this notice has the same meaning as in the Act or the Regulations.
Exemption for specified participants and derivatives participants from all of Regulations Every specified participant, every derivatives participant, and every person acting on behalf of any of them are exempted from compliance with all of the Regulations.
Conditions of exemption in clause 5 The exemption in clause 5 is subject to the conditions that the specified participant or the derivatives participant, as the case may be,— (a) must hold a current AFS licence and must have pro- vided a copy of that AFS licence to the Securities Com- mission; and (b) must hold all of its client funds in a segregated client funds account in accordance with the provisions of its AFS licence, the Corporations Act, and the Corpor- ations Regulations in relation to the protection of client money and client property; and (c) must maintain proper records, which are audited or reviewed, and reported on, in accordance with its AFS licence, the Corporations Act, and the Corporations Regulations, that— (i) record dealings with clients in respect of futures contracts; and record client money or client property received, held, or otherwise dealt with in connection with dealings in respect of futures contracts; and (ii) (d) must send a copy of its audited financial statements to the Securities Commission not more than 3 months after the end of each of its financial years; and (e) must maintain, and participate in, an external disputes resolution scheme that is available to New Zealand re- tail clients; and must notify the Securities Commission in writing if— (f) 5 6 4 Reprinted as at 4 October 2013 Futures Contracts (NZCDC Settlement System and NZX Derivatives Market) Exemption Notice 2010 cl 7 (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) the specified participant or derivatives partici- pant becomes
 insolvent; or a receiver, provisional liquidator, liquidator, or similar officer is appointed, or any resolution is passed or order is made for the liquidation or dis- solution of the specified participant or derivatives participant; or the specified participant or derivatives partici- pant, or any of its directors or senior managers, is convicted of an offence punishable by 2 or more years’ imprisonment; or any auditor’s report prepared in accordance with the Corporations Act or the Corporations Regu- lations in accordance with the specified partici- pant’s or derivatives participant’s AFS licence shows any non-compliance with any of the Cor- porations Act, the Corporations Regulations, or the AFS licence; or any regulatory action is taken against the speci- fied participant or derivatives participant, or any of its directors or senior managers, whether in New Zealand or elsewhere; or the specified participant’s or derivatives partici- pant’s AFS licence is varied or revoked.
Clause 6(f)(iii): amended, on 4 October 2013, by regulation 3(2) of the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/409).

7 Exemption for NZ Depository from dealer provisions of Regulations (2) (1) NZ Depository and every person acting on its behalf are ex- empted from compliance with regulations 3 to 10, 11(1), 12, 14, 15, 16(1), 17 to 19, and 22 to 24 of the Regulations.
The exemption in this clause applies only if NZ Clearing has required, pursuant to rule 2.21.4 of the C&S Rules, each speci- fied participant to segregate into a segregated derivatives mar- ket client funds settlement account the following transactions: transactions in derivatives contracts that are cleared and (a) settled by that specified participant on behalf of a cus- tomer (as defined in the C&S Rules); and 5 Futures Contracts (NZCDC Settlement System and NZX Derivatives Market) Exemption Notice 2010 Reprinted as at 4 October 2013 (b) transactions in any other derivatives contracts that are entered into by the specified participant other than on its own account.
Condition of exemption in clause 7 (with effect of treating NZ Depository as if it were clearing house) The exemption in clause 7 is subject to the condition that NZ Depository must, as if it were both a clearing house for a fu- tures exchange and a recognised clearing house (as defined in the Regulations),— (a) provide written statements in forms 3 and 4 of the Regu- lations in accordance with regulations 10 and 15 of the Regulations, except that the written statements— (i) may acknowledge that set-offs may be made in accordance with rule 7.8 of the C&S Rules; and (ii) may include the acknowledgment to be provided under clause 10(2)(c) of this notice; and comply with regulation 13(b)(i) of the Regulations as if it permitted NZ Depository to debit from a specified par- ticipant’s client funds account amounts for, or in con- nection with, the entering into, margining, or settling of derivatives contracts on behalf of clients of the speci- fied participant in respect of which the account is main- tained; and comply with regulations 20 and 21 of the Regulations (subject to the way that compliance with those regula- tions is varied, in terms of regulations 13 and 20 of the Regulations, by paragraph (b) and clause 11 of this no- tice); and comply with regulation 11(2), the rest of regulation 13, and regulation 16(2) and 16(3) of the Regulations.
(b) (c) (d) Exemption for specified participants consequential on exemption for NZ Depository in clause 7 Every specified participant and every person acting on its be- half are exempted from regulations 9(1)(a), 10(1), 11(1), 12, 14, and 16(1) of the Regulations to the extent necessary to per- mit the person to deal with NZ Depository as if NZ Depository (in addition to NZ Clearing) were both a clearing house for a cl 8 8 9 (1) 6 Reprinted as at 4 October 2013 Futures Contracts (NZCDC Settlement System and NZX Derivatives Market) Exemption Notice 2010 cl 10 (2) 10 (1) (2) futures exchange and a recognised clearing house (as defined in the Regulations).
This clause applies only if— (a) NZ Clearing has required, pursuant to rule 2.21.4 of the C&S Rules, the specified participant to open a seg- regated derivatives market client funds settlement ac- count; and (b) NZ Depository has provided the written statements de- scribed in clause 8(a) of this notice to the specified par- ticipant.
Condition of exemption in clause 9 (with effect of allowing specified participants to deal with NZ Depository as if it were clearing house) The exemption in clause 9 is subject to the condition that the specified participant must comply with the Regulations in its dealings with NZ Depository as if NZ Depository (in add- ition to NZ Clearing) were both a clearing house for a futures exchange and a recognised clearing house (as defined in the Regulations) and with the modifications set out in subclause (2).
The modifications are— (a) that the obligation in regulation 8(1)(a) and (f) of the Regulations must be read as if it permitted the specified participant to make payments out of a client bank ac- count on behalf of a client— (i) for, or in connection with, the entering into, margining, or settling of a derivatives contract on behalf of the client of the specified participant entitled to the money; and to meet the amount of any fees, commissions, or other charges properly payable by a client to the specified participant in respect of any dealing in derivatives contracts on behalf of the client; and that the obligation in regulation 10(1)(d) of the Regula- tions must be read as if it permitted the specified partici- pant to accept an acknowledgment from NZ Depository referred to in clause 8(a) of this notice; and (ii) (b) 7 cl 11 (c) (d) Futures Contracts (NZCDC Settlement System and NZX Derivatives Market) Exemption Notice 2010 Reprinted as at 4 October 2013 that regulation 11(1) of the Regulations must be read as if it imposed an obligation on NZ Depository to provide an acknowledgment to the specified participant that all money that NZ Depository receives from the specified participant for crediting to that account is client money, rather than an obligation on the specified participant to instruct NZ Clearing and NZ Depository each time that money is deposited into a segregated derivatives market client funds settlement account; and that the obligation in regulation 12(b)(i) of the Regula- tions must be read as if it permitted the specified par- ticipant to authorise amounts to be debited to a client funds account for amounts of any payments made for, or in connection with, the entering into, margining, or settling of derivatives contracts on behalf of the client of the specified participant in respect of which the ac- count is maintained.
11 Exemption for NZ Depository from regulation 20(3)(b)(ii) of Regulations (1) NZ Depository and every person acting on its behalf are ex- empted from regulation 20(3)(b)(ii) of the Regulations in re- spect of any money credited to a segregated derivatives market client funds settlement account in respect of any amount— (a) (b) that is owed to a specified participant; and that rule 7.8 of the C&S Rules permits NZ Clearing to set off.
(b) This clause applies only if NZ Clearing— (a) has required, pursuant to rule 2.21.4 of the C&S Rules, the specified participant to open a segregated deriva- tives market client funds settlement account; and exercises its right to set-off under rule 7.8 of the C&S Rules only— (i) in respect of obligations owed by the specified participant to NZ Clearing in respect of the segre- gated derivatives market client funds settlement account; and against obligations owed by NZ Clearing to the specified participant in respect of the segregated (ii) (2) 8 Reprinted as at 4 October 2013 Futures Contracts (NZCDC Settlement System and NZX Derivatives Market) Exemption Notice 2010 cl 12 derivatives market client funds settlement ac- count.
12 Exemption for derivatives participants from regulation 8(1)(a) and (f) of Regulations Every derivatives participant and every person acting on its be- half are exempted from regulation 8(1)(a) and (f) of the Regu- lations to the extent that those paragraphs prevent the deriva- tives participant from making payments out of a client bank account on behalf of a client— (a) for, or in connection with, the entering into, margin- ing, or settling of a derivatives contract on behalf of the client of the derivatives participant entitled to the money; or to meet the amount of any fees, commissions, or other charges properly payable by a client to the derivatives participant in respect of any dealing in derivatives con- tracts on behalf of the client.
(b) Dated at Wellington this 6th day of September 2010.

The Common Seal of the Securities Commission was affixed in the presence of: [Seal] David Mayhew, Member.

9 Statement of reasons Futures Contracts (NZCDC Settlement System and NZX Derivatives Market) Exemption Notice 2010 Reprinted as at 4 October 2013 Statement of reasons This notice comes into force on the day after the date of its notifica- tion in the Gazette and expires on 30 November 2015.
The notice exempts various parties from the Futures Industry (Client Funds) Regulations 1990 (the CFR) in respect of NZX’s new settle- ment system and derivatives market.
There are 3 main types of exemptions as follows: • an exemption for derivatives participants and specified partici- pants that operate under the terms of a current Australian finan- cial services licence: an exemption in respect of NZ Depository from the dealer pro- visions of the CFR, on the basis that NZ Depository complies with those CFR regulations applying to a recognised clear- ing house and a clearing house for a futures exchange.
The effect is that NZ Depository must provide the acknowledg- ments under regulations 10 and 15 (as set out in forms 3 and 4, respectively) and comply with regulations 11(2), 13, 16(2), 16(3), 20, and 21 of the CFR: exemptions for specified participants, NZ Depository, and derivatives participants from compliance with various other regulations of the CFR, to the extent that these regulations are inconsistent with the derivatives market rules, the C&S Rules, the clearing and settlement procedures, the depository operating rules, the depository operating procedures, and the operations of the system.
• • The Securities Commission considers that it is appropriate to grant the first type of exemption because— • the persons benefiting from the exemptions will already be carrying on business in Australia and will be subject to regu- lation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commis- sion.
The exemptions will allow those entities to carry on busi- ness in respect of their New Zealand clients under the same rules as apply in respect of their Australian clients; and the requirements of Australian law in respect of client money and client property are broadly equivalent to those under the CFR, and provide adequate protection for a New Zealand client’s assets.
• 10 Reprinted as at 4 October 2013 Futures Contracts (NZCDC Settlement System and NZX Derivatives Market) Exemption Notice 2010 Statement of reasons The Securities Commission considers that it is appropriate to grant the second type of exemption because— • NZ Depository forms an integral part of the system to be used to settle derivatives contracts.
NZ Depository will hold client assets and funds for the purposes of settlement: NZ Depository has been authorised to deal in futures contracts for the purpose of, or in connection with, the operation of a designated settlement system: by the granting of the exemptions, NZ Depository is subject to an appropriate regulatory framework to the extent that it is handling client funds: by the granting of the exemptions that permit specified par- ticipants to treat NZ Depository as though it were a clearing house for the purposes of the CFR, client money and property will be afforded the protections that the CFR anticipate will be provided during the course of settlement and margining of futures contracts.
• • • The Securities Commission considers that it is appropriate to grant the third type of exemption because— • each of the exemptions sought is technical in nature and the conditions imposed ensure that the underlying policy of the CFR is not infringed: the settlement system is designated under Part 5C of the Re- serve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989: underlying clients are afforded protections by the extension of the CFR to derivatives contracts.
• • The Securities Commission is satisfied that these matters provide ad- equate alternative safeguards for preserving client money and client property.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 9 September 2010.


11 Notes Futures Contracts (NZCDC Settlement System and NZX Derivatives Market) Exemption Notice 2010 Reprinted as at 4 October 2013 Reprints notes 1 2 3 General This is a reprint of the Futures Contracts (NZCDC Settlement System and NZX Derivatives Market) Exemption Notice 2010 that incorporates all the amendments to that notice as at the date of the last amendment to it.
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4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint Criminal Procedure (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2013 (SR 2013/409): regulation 3(2) 12 12 Wellington, New Zealand: Published under the authority of the New Zealand Government—2013