Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01249:reg:1:p66
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01249
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1 (pt 66/148)
Character Range: 497733–500396

(3) and (4), any secured property or transferred securities contributed by the client that is funded by borrowings from a third party is not to be taken into consideration when working out the price of a margin lending facility.

7.1.20  Retail clients and wholesale clients: price of income stream financial products
 (1) This regulation makes arrangements about the price for the provision of an income stream financial product.
Note: Under paragraph 761G(7)(a) of the Act, if a financial product is not, or a financial service provided to a person does not relate to, a general insurance product, a superannuation product or an RSA, the financial product or financial service is provided to the person as a retail client unless the price for the provision of the financial product, or the value of the financial product to which the financial service relates, equals or exceeds the amount specified in regulations made for the purposes of that paragraph as being applicable in the circumstances.
 Under paragraph 761G(10)(a) of the Act, the regulations may also deal with how a price or value referred to in that paragraph is to be calculated, either generally or in relation to a specified class of financial products.
 In general, the 'price' of a product will be the amount that is paid to acquire or be issued with the financial product. The test for the price of the product in paragraph 761G(7)(a) of the Act will be determined at or before the time the client acquires, or is issued with, the financial product. If a client pays over $500 000 to acquire or be issued with the financial product, the client will be a wholesale client in respect of the product.

Price
 (2) For paragraph 761G(7)(a) of the Act, the amount applicable in relation to an income stream financial product is $500 000.

Working out price: general rule
 (3) The price of an income stream financial product:
 (a) is the amount that is paid or payable to acquire or purchase the income stream financial product; and
 (b) does not include any amount paid for or in respect of the income stream financial product following its issue or acquisition unless the issue or acquisition would not have taken place without an arrangement to pay the amount.
Note: Additional amounts contributed to an allocated annuity will not generally be regarded as part of the 'price' paid to acquire or purchase the financial product.
 (4) For subregulation (3), in calculating any amount payable or paid to acquire or purchase the income stream financial product:
 (a) disregard any amount payable to the extent to which it is to be paid out of money lent by:
 (i) the person offering the income stream