Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2018C00627
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ASIC Corporations and Credit (Transition to AFCA) Instrument 2018/814
Details: F2018C00627
- F2018C00627
Other as amended, taking into account amendments up to ASIC Credit (Amendment) Instrument 2018/836
ASIC Credit (Amendment) Instrument 2018/836 - F2018L01326
F2018C00627
This is a compilation of ASIC Corporations and Credit (Transition to AFCA) Instrument 2018/814 as in force on 21 September 2018 It includes any commenced amendment affecting the legislative instrument to that date.
5 Notice of AFCA membership—financial services licensees. 4
6 Notice of AFCA membership—credit licensees. 4
7 Notice of AFCA membership—unlicensed carried over instrument lenders. 4
8 Notice of AFCA membership—credit representatives. 5
8A Credit representative authorisations—AFCA membership. 6
9 Application. 6
Endnote 1—Instrument history. 7
Endnote 2—Amendment history. 7
This is the ASIC Corporations and Credit (Transition to AFCA) Instrument 2018/814.
(a) subsection 109(3) of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009; and
(b) subsection 926A(2) of the Corporations Act 2001.
credit representative has the same meaning as in subsection 5(1) of the NCCP Act.
financial services licensee has the same meaning as in section 761A of the Corporations Act.
licensee has the same meaning as in subsection 5(1) of the NCCP Act.
NCCP Act means the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009.
unlicensed carried over instrument lender has the same meaning as in subsection 5(1) of the NCCP Act as modified by item 2.4 of Schedule 2 to the National Consumer Credit Protection Regulations 2010.
5 Notice of AFCA membership—financial services licensees
Part 7.6 (other than Divisions 4 and 8) of the Corporations Act apply in relation to financial services licensees as if Division 3 of Part 7.6 were modified or varied by, in the appropriate position, inserting:
“912AI Deferral of notice of AFCA scheme membership
(1) A financial services licensee does not have to comply with paragraph 912A(1)(b) to the extent that it would require the licensee to lodge with ASIC, in the prescribed form and before 1 November 2018, details of its membership of the AFCA scheme.
(2) A financial services licensee that relies on subsection (1) must lodge with ASIC, in the prescribed form and between 1 November 2018 and 30 November 2018, details of its membership of the AFCA scheme.
(3) Nothing in this section affects an obligation to become a member of the AFCA scheme.”.
6 Notice of AFCA membership—credit licensees
The provisions to which Part 2-6 of the NCCP Act applies apply in relation to licensees as if Division 5 of Part 2-2 of the NCCP Act were modified or varied by, after section 47, inserting:
“47A Deferral of notice of AFCA scheme membership
(1) A licensee does not have to comply with paragraph 47(1)(c) to the extent that it would require the licensee to lodge with ASIC, in the approved form and before 1 November 2018, details of its membership of the AFCA scheme.
(2) A licensee that relies on subsection (1) must lodge with ASIC, in the approved form and between 1 November 2018 and 30 November 2018, details of its membership of the AFCA scheme.
7 Notice of AFCA membership—unlicensed carried over instrument lenders
The provisions to which Part 2-6 of the NCCP Act applies apply in relation to unlicensed carried over instrument lenders as if Schedule 2 to the National Consumer Credit Protection Regulations 2010 were modified or varied by, after item 2.19, inserting:
“2.19A After section 47
47AA Deferral of notice of AFCA scheme membership
(1) An unlicensed carried over instrument lender does not have to comply with subsection 45(2) to the extent that it would require the lender to lodge with ASIC, in the approved form and before 1 November 2018, details of its membership of the AFCA scheme.
(2) A lender that relies on subsection (1) must lodge with ASIC, in the approved form and between 1 November 2018 and 30 November 2018, details of its membership of the AFCA scheme.
8 Notice of AFCA membership—credit representatives
The provisions to which Part 2-6 of the NCCP Act applies apply in relation to licensees and credit representatives as if the following provisions were modified or varied:
(a) omit paragraph 71(3)(c);
(b) in subsection 71(3), insert:
“(ca) details of the credit representative’s membership of the AFCA scheme;”
(c) after section 71, insert:
“71A Deferral of notice of AFCA scheme membership
(1) A person that authorises a credit representative under subsection 64(1) or 65(1) does not have to comply with subsection 71(1) or (4) to the extent that it would require the person to lodge with ASIC, in the approved form and before 1 November 2018, details of the credit representative’s membership of the AFCA scheme.
(2) A person that relies on subsection (1) must lodge with ASIC, in the approved form and between 1 November 2018 and 30 November 2018, details of the credit representative’s membership of the AFCA scheme.
8A Credit representative authorisations—AFCA membership
The provisions to which Part 2-6 of the NCCP Act applies apply in relation to licensees and credit representatives as if, after section 65, the following section was inserted:
“65A Transitioning to AFCA membership
(1) This section applies in relation to an authorisation given to a credit representative who:
(a) as at 21 September 2018—is not a member of the AFCA scheme; and
(b) between 21 September 2018 to 31 October 2018—is a member of an approved external dispute resolution scheme.
(2) Paragraphs 64(5)(c) and 65(6)(c) do not apply to the authorisation.”
(1) The declaration made by paragraph 8(a) of this instrument applies on and after the day, under item 72 of Schedule 1 to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Consumers First—Establishment of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority) Act 2018, on and after which the amendments made by Part 5 of Schedule 1 to that Act apply.
(2) The declaration made by section 8A of this instrument ceases to have effect on 1 November 2018.
20/9/2018 (see F2018L01325)
20/9/2018 (see F2018L01326)
ad. 2018/836
ad. 2018/336