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CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 - SECT 763B

Meaning of makes a financial investment

    A person (the investor ) makes a financial investment if:

  (a)   the investor gives money or money's worth (the contribution ) to another person and any of the following apply:

  (i)   the other person uses the contribution to generate a financial return, or other benefit, for the investor;

  (ii)   the investor intends that the other person will use the contribution to generate a financial return, or other benefit, for the investor (even if no return or benefit is in fact generated);

  (iii)   the other person intends that the contribution will be used to generate a financial return, or other benefit, for the investor (even if no return or benefit is in fact generated); and

  (b)   the investor has no day - to - day control over the use of the contribution to generate the return or benefit.

Note 1:   Examples of actions that constitute making a financial investment under this subsection are:

(a)   a person paying money to a company for the issue to the person of shares in the company (the company uses the money to generate dividends for the person and the person, as a shareholder, does not have control over the day - to - day affairs of the company); or

(b)   a person contributing money to acquire interests in a registered scheme from the responsible entity of the scheme (the scheme uses the money to generate financial or other benefits for the person and the person, as a member of the scheme, does not have day - to - day control over the operation of the scheme).

Note 2:   Examples of actions that do not constitute making a financial investment under this subsection are:

(a)   a person purchasing real property or bullion (while the property or bullion may generate a return for the person, it is not a return generated by the use of the purchase money by another person); or

(b)   a person giving money to a financial services licensee who is to use it to purchase shares for the person (while the purchase of the shares will be a financial investment made by the person, the mere act of giving the money to the licensee will not of itself constitute making a financial investment).


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