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2015/280 Financial Advisers (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2015 Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General Order in Council At Wellington this 16th day of November 2015 Present: His Excellency the Governor-General in Council Pursuant to section 155 of the Financial Advisers Act 2008 and section 67 of the Fi- nancial Markets Authority Act 2011, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following regu- lations.
Contents Title Commencement Principal regulations Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation) Regulation 6A amended (Fees and costs payable to FMA for application for exemption under section 148 of Act) Page 1 2 2 2 2 1 Title Regulations These regulations are the Financial Advisers (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2015.

1 r 2 2 3 4 Financial Advisers (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2015 2015/280 Commencement These regulations come into force on 17 December 2015.
Principal regulations These regulations amend the Financial Advisers (Fees) Regulations 2010 (the principal regulations).
Regulation 3 amended (Interpretation) Replace regulation 3(1) with: (1) In these regulations,— Act means the Financial Advisers Act 2008 employee of the FMA— (a) means an employee of the FMA who— (i) (ii) is qualified in accountancy, auditing, business, commerce, eco- nomics, or law; or the FMA is satisfied has a professional level of skills, training, or experience in financial markets matters of the kind to which the application relates; and (b) includes an individual working for the FMA as a contractor or secondee who— (i) (ii) is qualified in accountancy, auditing, business, commerce, eco- nomics, or law; or the FMA is satisfied has a professional level of skills, training, or experience in financial markets matters of the kind to which the application relates.
5 Regulation 6A amended (Fees and costs payable to FMA for application for exemption under section 148 of Act) In regulation 6A(2)(b)(ii), replace “officer or employee of the FMA qualified in accountancy, business, commerce, economics, or law, or who is appropriate- ly qualified by reason of skills, training, or experience” with “employee of the FMA”.

Michael Webster, Clerk of the Executive Council.


2 2015/280 Financial Advisers (Fees) Amendment Regulations 2015 Explanatory note Explanatory note This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These regulations, which come into force on 17 December 2015, amend the Financial Advisers (Fees) Regulations 2010.
The amendments clarify that— • • fees charged for work carried out by employees of the Financial Markets Au- thority (the FMA) only relate to employees who are qualified in accountancy, auditing, business, commerce, economics, or law or who have a professional level of skills, training, or experience in financial markets matters.
This aligns the regulations with the Financial Markets Conduct (Fees) Regulations 2014 (see Part 2 of Schedule 1 of those regulations); and fees calculated on an hourly basis for work done by the FMA will take into ac- count work carried out by professionally qualified contractors and secondees as well as employees.

Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.

Date of notification in Gazette: 19 November 2015.


These regulations are administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.

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