(1) A body corporate may apply to ASIC in writing for approval by the Minister
as a futures exchange.
(2) Where a body applies under subsection (1) of this section, the
Minister may by writing approve the body as a futures exchange if, and only
if, he or she is satisfied that:
- (c)
- the body's business rules make
satisfactory provision:
- (i)
- for the admission as members of persons licensed, or proposing to apply to
be licensed, under Part 8.3, or of a specified class of such persons; and
- (ii)
- for the qualifications for membership, including the necessary standards
of training and experience for:
(A) responsible officers of bodies corporate that; and
(B) natural persons who;
are, or propose to be, members;
- (iii)
- for the manner in which members are to conduct their business of dealing
in futures contracts so as to ensure efficiency, honesty and fair practice in
relation to such dealing; and
- (iiia)
- for the exclusion of a body corporate from membership where a
responsible officer of the body corporate would be excluded from membership;
and
- (iv)
- for the exclusion of a person from membership where:
(A) if the person is a body corporatea responsible officer, or an
employee, of the body corporate; or
(B) otherwisethe person or an employee of the person;
is not of good character and high business integrity; and
- (v)
- for the expulsion, suspension or disciplining of a member for conduct
inconsistent with just and equitable principles in the transaction of business
or for a contravention of the body's business rules or of this Chapter; and
- (vi)
- for an appropriate mechanism whereby a person whose application for
membership of the body is refused, or whose membership of the body is
cancelled or suspended, in circumstances where the person does not have a
right to appeal to the Court under subsection 1135(1) against the decision to
refuse the application, or to cancel or suspend the membership, as the case
may be, may appeal against the decision; and
- (vii)
- for an appropriate mechanism whereby a person who has been disciplined
by the body otherwise than by way of cancellation or suspension of the
person's membership of the body may appeal against the decision to discipline
the person; and
- (viii)
- for the inspection and audit of the financial records that this Chapter
requires members to keep; and
- (ix)
- with respect to the classes of futures contracts that may be dealt in by
members; and
- (xi)
- prohibiting a member from accepting or executing, otherwise than in
accordance with the business rules, instructions from another person to deal
in futures contracts; and
- (xii)
- prohibiting a member from dealing in futures contracts on behalf of
another person otherwise than in accordance with instructions accepted by the
member from the person; and
- (xiii)
- prohibiting a member from dealing in futures contracts, on behalf of
another person, on a futures market of a futures exchange or of a recognised
futures exchange, otherwise than in accordance with the business rules of the
futures exchange or recognised futures exchange, as the case may be; and
- (xiv)
- prohibiting a member, except as permitted by the business rules, from
executing the instructions of another person to deal in futures contracts
unless the instructions are executed in such a manner that the dealing is
effected on a futures market of a futures exchange or of a recognised futures
exchange or on an exempt futures market; and
- (xv)
- with respect to the conditions under which members may deal in futures
contracts; and
- (xvi)
- for the equitable and expeditious settlement of claims and grievances
between members, being claims and grievances relating to the transaction of
business by members in their capacity as members; and
- (xvii)
- for appropriate mechanisms for the conciliation and settlement of
disputes between members and their clients, being disputes concerning dealings
in futures contracts by members on behalf of their clients or concerning
transactions between members and their clients in connection with such
dealings; and
- (xviii)
- generally for carrying on the business of the proposed futures
exchange with due regard for the interests and protection of the public; and
- (d)
- there will be enough money in the body's fidelity fund to make the
payments out of the fund that may reasonably be expected to be necessary for
the purposes of Part 8.6; and
- (e)
- the interests of the public will be served by granting the application.