Approval to hold the transferring business of a financial sector company
Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998
D. I am satisfied that it is in the national interest to approve the applicant holding the transferring business,
I, Keith Chapman, a delegate of the Treasurer, under subsection 14(1) of the Act, APPROVE the applicant holding the transferring business.
This Approval commences on the date it is signed and remains in force indefinitely. Dated: 27 October 2016
[Signed]
Keith Chapman
Executive General Manager Specialised Institutions Division
Interpretation Document ID: 225016
financial sector company has the meaning given in section 3 of the Act.
Note 1
Regulation 6 of the Financial Sector (Transfers of Business) Regulations 1999 provides that, for
subsection 43(4) of the Business Transfer Act, the provisions of the Act apply in relation to a transfer of business as if section 13A were inserted after section 13 of the Act. Section 13A provides that a financial sector company to which more than 15% of the gross assets and liabilities of another financial sector company (the transferring business) is to be transferred under the Act, must apply to the Treasurer for approval to hold the transferring business and that Division 3 of Part 2 of the Act applies to the application as if the transferring business were a separate financial sector company.
Note 2
Under section 14 of the Act, the Treasurer must give written notice of the approval to the applicant
and arrange for a copy of the notice to be published in the Gazette and given to the Company.