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CORPORATIONS REGULATIONS 2001 - REG 7.1.33H

Certain general advice given by a financial product issuer

    For subsection   766A(2) of the Act, a financial product issuer is not taken to provide a financial service if:

  (a)   the issuer gives advice to another person about:

  (i)   a particular financial product or class of financial products issued by the issuer; or

  (ii)   an interest in a particular financial product or a class of financial products issued by the issuer; and

  (b)   the advice is not personal advice; and

  (c)   the advice is given to the person at the same time as the issuer:

  (i)   advises the person that the issuer is not licensed to provide financial product advice in relation to the product, class or interest, as the case may be; and

  (ii)   recommends to the person that the person obtain a Product Disclosure Statement, if appropriate, and read it before making a decision to acquire the product or a product from the class of products, as the case may be; and

  (iii)   if it is advice about the offer, issue or sale of a financial product--notifies the person about the availability or otherwise of a cooling - off regime that applies in respect of the acquisition of the product, a product from the class of products or an interest in a product as the case may be (whether the regime is provided for by law or otherwise).


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