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      <p>Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Sector Regulation) Act 2018</p>
      <p>No. 142, 2018</p>
      <p>An Act to amend the law in relation to the financial sector, and for related purposes</p>
      <p>Contents</p>
      <p>1	Short title	1</p>
      <p>2	Commencement	2</p>
      <p>3	Schedules	2</p>
      <p>Schedule 1—Restrictions on shareholdings	3</p>
      <p><ref href="#part-1">Part 1</ref>—Amendments	3</p>
      <p>Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998	3</p>
      <p><ref href="#part-2">Part 2</ref>—Application and transitional provisions	17</p>
      <p>Schedule 2—Limited banking licences	20</p>
      <p><ref href="#part-1">Part 1</ref>—Authority to carry on banking business for a limited time	20</p>
      <p>Banking Act 1959	20</p>
      <p><ref href="#part-2">Part 2</ref>—Miscellaneous amendments	23</p>
      <p>Banking Act 1959	23</p>
      <p>Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Sector Regulation) Act 2018</p>
      <p>No. 142, 2018</p>
      <p>An Act to amend the law in relation to the financial sector, and for related purposes</p>
      <p>[<i>Assented to 29 November 2018</i>]</p>
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        <p>The Parliament of Australia enacts:</p>
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      <section eId="sec-1">
        <num>1</num>
        <heading>Short title</heading>
        <content>
          <p>		This Act is the <i>Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Sector Regulation) </i><i>Act 2018</i>.</p>
        </content>
      </section>
      <section eId="sec-2">
        <num>2</num>
        <heading>Commencement</heading>
        <subsection eId="sec-2__subsec-1">
          <num>1</num>
          <content>
            <p>Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.</p>
          </content>
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            <tr>
              <th>Commencement information</th>
              <th>Commencement information</th>
              <th>Commencement information</th>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Column 1</td>
              <td>Column 2</td>
              <td>Column 3</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>Provisions</td>
              <td>Commencement</td>
              <td>Date/Details</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table</td>
              <td>The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.</td>
              <td>29 November 2018</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>2.  Schedule 1</td>
              <td>The first 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October to occur after the end of the period of 2 months beginning on the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.</td>
              <td>1 April 2019</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>3.  Schedule 2</td>
              <td>The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.</td>
              <td>30 November 2018</td>
            </tr>
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          <authorialNote placement="end" eId="note-1" marker="1">
            <content>
              <p>Note:	This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.</p>
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        <subsection eId="sec-2__subsec-2">
          <num>2</num>
          <content>
            <p>Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.</p>
          </content>
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      </section>
      <section eId="sec-3">
        <num>3</num>
        <heading>Schedules</heading>
        <content>
          <p>Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.</p>
        </content>
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        <hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-1">
          <heading>Restrictions on shareholdings</heading>
          <content>
            <p>Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998</p>
          </content>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-1">
            <num>1</num>
            <heading>Section 3</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Insert:</p>
              <p><b><i>APRA</i></b> means the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.</p>
              <p><b><i>assets threshold</i></b> has the meaning given by subsections 14A(6) and (7).</p>
              <p><b><i>civil penalty provision</i></b> has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act.</p>
              <p><b><i>Regulatory Powers Act</i></b> means the <i>Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014</i>.</p>
              <p><b><i>relevant licensed company</i></b>, in relation to an approval under paragraph 14(1)(b), means the company to which subsection 14A(3) or (4) applied in granting the approval.</p>
              <p><b><i>rules</i></b> means rules made under subsection 45A(1).</p>
              <p><b><i>total resident assets</i></b> has the meaning given by subsection 14A(5).</p>
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            <num>2</num>
            <heading>Section 8</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit:</p>
              <p>The allowed percentage is 15% or a higher percentage approved by the Treasurer for the person on national interest grounds.</p>
              <p>A person who holds a stake of no more than 15% of a financial sector company may be declared by the Treasurer to have practical control of the company. The person must then take steps to end that control.</p>
              <p>substitute:</p>
              <p>The allowed percentage is 20% or a higher percentage approved by the Treasurer for the person either:</p>
              <p>A person who holds a stake of no more than 20% of a financial sector company may be declared by the Treasurer to have practical control of the company. The person must then take steps to end that control.</p>
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            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-2__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>on national interest grounds; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-2__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>on the basis that the person is a fit and proper person and the company concerned is new or recently established, with assets below a certain threshold amount.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
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            <num>3</num>
            <heading>Division 2 of Part 2 (heading)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “<b>15%</b>”, substitute “<b>20%</b>”.</p>
            </content>
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            <num>4</num>
            <heading>Paragraph 10(a)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “15%”, substitute “20%”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-5">
            <num>5</num>
            <heading>Division 3 of Part 2 (heading)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “<b>15%</b>”, substitute “<b>20%</b>”.</p>
            </content>
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          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-6">
            <num>6</num>
            <heading>Section 13 (heading)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “<b>15%</b>”, substitute “<b>20%</b>”.</p>
            </content>
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            <num>7</num>
            <heading>Subsection 13(1)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “15%”, substitute “20%”.</p>
            </content>
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          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-8">
            <num>8</num>
            <heading>After subsection 13(1)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Insert:</p>
            </content>
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              <num>1A</num>
              <content>
                <p>The application may be in relation to a company that is not a financial sector company at the time the application is made.</p>
              </content>
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          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-9">
            <num>9</num>
            <heading>Before paragraph 13(2)(a)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Insert:</p>
            </content>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-9__para-aa">
              <num>aa</num>
              <content>
                <p>specify whether the applicant is seeking for the approval to be granted on the basis of either paragraph 14(1)(a) or (b); and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
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            <num>10</num>
            <heading>Paragraph 13(2)(a)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “financial sector company”, substitute “company concerned”.</p>
            </content>
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          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-11">
            <num>11</num>
            <heading>Paragraph 13(2)(d)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>After “prescribed fee”, insert “(if any)”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-12">
            <num>12</num>
            <heading>Subsection 14(1)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Repeal the subsection, substitute:</p>
            </content>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-12__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>The Treasurer may grant the application if:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-12__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>the applicant satisfies the Treasurer that it is in the national interest to approve the applicant holding a stake in the company of more than 20%; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-12__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>the applicant satisfies the Treasurer that the criteria in subsection 14A(1) are met in relation to the applicant and the company.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
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          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-13">
            <num>13</num>
            <heading>Paragraph 14(2)(c)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Before “either”, insert “if the application is granted under paragraph (1)(a)—”.</p>
            </content>
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          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-14">
            <num>14</num>
            <heading>At the end of subsection 14(2)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Add:</p>
              <p>; and (d)	if the application is granted under paragraph (1)(b)—specify that the approval remains in force for the period worked out under <ref href="#sec-15A">section 15A</ref>.</p>
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          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-15">
            <num>15</num>
            <heading>At the end of subsection 14(4)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Add:</p>
              <p>; and (c)	in the case of an approval granted under paragraph (1)(b), if the company concerned is not the relevant licensed company for the approval—given to the relevant licensed company for the approval.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-16">
            <num>16</num>
            <heading>After section 14</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Insert:</p>
            </content>
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          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-14A">
            <num>14A</num>
            <heading>Criteria for applications relating to new or recently established financial sector companies</heading>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>For the purposes of paragraph 14(1)(b), the criteria are:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>the applicant is a fit and proper person to hold a stake in the company of more than 20%; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>the company is:</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-i">
              <num>i</num>
              <content>
                <p>a company to which subsection (3) or (4) applies; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-ii">
              <num>ii</num>
              <content>
                <p>a holding company of a company to which subsection (3) or (4) applies.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <content>
              <p>Fit and proper person</p>
              <p>New or recently established financial sector company</p>
              <p>Total resident assets</p>
              <p>Note:	The rules may prescribe different meanings for different classes of financial sector company (see subsection 13(3) of the <i>Legislation Act 2003</i>).</p>
              <p>Assets threshold</p>
              <p>the <b><i>assets threshold</i></b> for the company is:</p>
            </content>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__subclause-2">
              <num>2</num>
              <content>
                <p>The rules may prescribe matters that must be considered in determining whether a person is a fit and proper person for the purposes of paragraphs (1)(a) and 18(1)(d). However, such rules do not limit the matters that may be considered.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__subclause-3">
              <num>3</num>
              <content>
                <p>This subsection applies to a company if:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>the company is a body corporate incorporated in Australia; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>the company has applied for one of the following, but that application has not yet been decided:</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-i">
              <num>i</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(i)	authority under the <i>Banking Act 1959</i> to carry on banking business;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-ii">
              <num>ii</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(ii)	authorisation under the <i>Insurance Act 1973</i> to carry on insurance business;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-iii">
              <num>iii</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(iii)	registration under <i>Life Insurance Act 1995</i>; and<ref href="#sec-21">section 21</ref> of the </p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-c">
              <num>c</num>
              <content>
                <p>the value of the total resident assets of the company is less than the assets threshold for the company (assuming the company is granted <role refersTo="#authority">the authority</role>, authorisation or registration concerned).</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__subclause-4">
              <num>4</num>
              <content>
                <p>This subsection applies to a company if:</p>
              </content>
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            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>the company is a body corporate incorporated in Australia; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>the company is:</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-i">
              <num>i</num>
              <content>
                <p>an authorised deposit-taking institution; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-ii">
              <num>ii</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(ii)	a company that is authorised under the <i>Insurance Act 1973</i> to carry on insurance business; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-iii">
              <num>iii</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(iii)	a company that is registered under <i>Life Insurance Act 1995</i>; and<ref href="#sec-21">section 21</ref> of the </p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-c">
              <num>c</num>
              <content>
                <p>at the time of the application under subsection 13(1), the company has been such an institution, or so authorised or registered (whichever is applicable), for less than 5 years; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-d">
              <num>d</num>
              <content>
                <p>the value of the total resident assets of the company is less than the assets threshold for the company.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__subclause-5">
              <num>5</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(5)	The rules must prescribe the meaning of <b><i>total resident assets</i></b> in relation to a financial sector company.</p>
              </content>
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              <num>6</num>
              <content>
                <p>If a company is:</p>
              </content>
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            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>an authorised deposit-taking institution; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(b)	registered under <i>Life Insurance Act 1995</i>;<ref href="#sec-21">section 21</ref> of the </p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-c">
              <num>c</num>
              <content>
                <p>$200 million; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-d">
              <num>d</num>
              <content>
                <p>if another amount is determined in an instrument under subsection (8)—that other amount.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__subclause-7">
              <num>7</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(7)	If a company is authorised under the <i>Insurance Act 1973</i> to carry on insurance business, the <b><i>assets threshold</i></b> for the company is:</p>
              </content>
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            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>$50 million; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>if another amount is determined in an instrument under subsection (8)—that other amount.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-14A__subclause-8">
              <num>8</num>
              <content>
                <p>The Treasurer may, by legislative instrument, determine an amount for the purposes of paragraph (6)(d) or (7)(b).</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-17">
            <num>17</num>
            <heading>Section 15 (at the end of the heading)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Add “<b>granted on national interest grounds</b>”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-18">
            <num>18</num>
            <heading>Subsection 15(1)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “<ref href="#sec-14">section 14</ref>”, substitute “paragraph 14(1)(a)”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-19">
            <num>19</num>
            <heading>At the end of subsection 15(1)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Add:</p>
              <p>Note:	See also <ref href="#sec-18">section 18</ref> (revoking an approval).</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-20">
            <num>20</num>
            <heading>Subsection 15(2)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “<ref href="#sec-14">section 14</ref>”, substitute “paragraph 14(1)(a)”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-21">
            <num>21</num>
            <heading>Paragraph 15(3)(b)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>After “prescribed fee”, insert “(if any)”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-22">
            <num>22</num>
            <heading>After section 15</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Insert:</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-15A">
            <num>15A</num>
            <heading>Duration of approval granted in relation to a new or recently established financial sector company</heading>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-15A__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(1)	An approval under paragraph 14(1)(b), in relation to a person and in relation to a financial sector company, remains in force until the end of 2 years after the day (the <b><i>threshold day</i></b>) that the value of the total resident assets of the relevant licensed company for the approval first exceeds the assets threshold for the relevant licensed company.</p>
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            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-15A__subclause-2">
              <num>2</num>
              <content>
                <p>However, if the person applies <quantity refersTo="#deadline">within 90 days</quantity> of the threshold day for an approval under paragraph 14(1)(a) in relation to the financial sector company, the approval under paragraph 14(1)(b) remains in force:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-15A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>if the application is refused—until the end of 2 years after the day the refusal was notified to the person; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-15A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>if subsection 20(4) applies to the application—until the end of 2 years after the day the application is taken to be withdrawn under that subsection; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-15A__para-c">
              <num>c</num>
              <content>
                <p>if the application is granted—until the approval under paragraph 14(1)(a) comes into force.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-15A__subclause-3">
              <num>3</num>
              <content>
                <p>Also, if:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-15A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>the person applies for an approval under paragraph 14(1)(a) in relation to the financial sector company more than 90 days after the threshold day; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-15A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>the application is granted within 2 years of the threshold day;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <content>
              <p>the approval under paragraph 14(1)(b) remains in force until the approval under paragraph 14(1)(a) comes into force.</p>
              <p>Note:	See also <ref href="#sec-18">section 18</ref> (revoking an approval).</p>
              <p>When approval for new financial sector company comes into force</p>
              <p>Notification of approval ceasing to be in force</p>
            </content>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-15A__subclause-4">
              <num>4</num>
              <content>
                <p>An approval under paragraph 14(1)(b) that is granted on the basis that subsection 14A(3) applies to a company does not come into force until the company is a financial sector company.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-15A__subclause-5">
              <num>5</num>
              <content>
                <p>If an approval ceases to be in force because of the operation of this section, the Treasurer must arrange for notice of the cessation of the approval:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-15A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>to be published in the Gazette; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-15A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>given to the financial sector company concerned.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-23">
            <num>23</num>
            <heading>At the end of paragraph 16(2)(b)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Add:</p>
              <p>; or (iii)	to which the approval is subject under <ref href="#sec-16A">section 16A</ref>.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-24">
            <num>24</num>
            <heading>Paragraph 16(4)(b)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>After “prescribed fee”, insert “(if any)”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-25">
            <num>25</num>
            <heading>After section 16</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Insert:</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-16A">
            <num>16A</num>
            <heading>Additional conditions for approval granted in relation to a new or recently established financial sector company</heading>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-16A__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>An approval under paragraph 14(1)(b) is also subject to the conditions set out in this section, in addition to any conditions to which the approval is subject under <ref href="#sec-16">section 16</ref>.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <content>
              <p>Notification if assets threshold exceeded</p>
              <p>Note 1:	The relevant licensed company for an approval is required to notify the holder of the approval if the assets threshold for the company is exceeded (see <ref href="#sec-21A">section 21A</ref>).</p>
              <p>Note 2:	See <ref href="#sec-15A">section 15A</ref> in relation to the duration of the approval once the assets threshold is exceeded.</p>
              <p>5 yearly review of approval</p>
              <p>Yearly report of relevant information to APRA</p>
              <p>Functions and powers of APRA</p>
            </content>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-16A__subclause-2">
              <num>2</num>
              <content>
                <p>If the holder of the approval receives a notice under <quantity refersTo="#deadline">within 30 days</quantity> that specifies whether the holder intends to either:<ref href="#sec-21A">section 21A</ref> from the relevant licensed company for the approval, the holder must give a written notice to the Treasurer </p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-16A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>reduce the stake held in the financial sector company to which the approval relates, to ensure an unacceptable shareholding situation does not come into existence when the approval ceases to be in force; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-16A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>apply for an approval under paragraph 14(1)(a) in relation to the financial sector company.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-16A__subclause-3">
              <num>3</num>
              <content>
                <p>After the end of every 5 year period following the approval coming into force, the holder of the approval must undergo a review by APRA of the approval.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-16A__subclause-4">
              <num>4</num>
              <content>
                <p>The holder of the approval must give to APRA a yearly report of prudential information relevant to the ongoing operation of the approval.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-16A__subclause-5">
              <num>5</num>
              <content>
                <p>The report must:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-16A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>be in the approved form; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-16A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>contain the information (if any) prescribed by the rules; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-16A__para-c">
              <num>c</num>
              <content>
                <p>be provided to APRA <quantity refersTo="#deadline">within 30 days</quantity> of the end of each financial year, or such longer period as agreed by APRA.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-16A__subclause-6">
              <num>6</num>
              <content>
                <p>The functions of APRA include conducting reviews mentioned in subsection (3).</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-16A__subclause-7">
              <num>7</num>
              <content>
                <p>APRA may, in writing, approve a form for the purposes of paragraph (5)(a).</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-26">
            <num>26</num>
            <heading>Paragraph 17(2)(d)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>After “prescribed fee”, insert “(if any)”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-27">
            <num>27</num>
            <heading>At the end of subsection 18(1)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Add:</p>
              <p>; or (d)	if the approval was granted under paragraph 14(1)(b)—the person is no longer a fit and proper person to hold the approval.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-28">
            <num>28</num>
            <heading>Section 19 (at the end of the heading)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Add “<b>—approval granted on national interest grounds</b>”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-29">
            <num>29</num>
            <heading>Paragraph 19(1)(a)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “<ref href="#sec-14">section 14</ref>”, substitute “paragraph 14(1)(a)”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-30">
            <num>30</num>
            <heading>Paragraph 19(1)(a)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “15%”, substitute “20%”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-31">
            <num>31</num>
            <heading>Subsection 19(3)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “<ref href="#sec-14">section 14</ref>” (first occurring), substitute “paragraph 14(1)(a)”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-32">
            <num>32</num>
            <heading>Subsection 19(3)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “15%”, substitute “20%”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-33">
            <num>33</num>
            <heading>After section 19</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Insert:</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-19A">
            <num>19A</num>
            <heading>Flow-on approvals—approval granted in relation to new or recently established financial sector company</heading>
            <content>
              <p>100% subsidiaries of holding company</p>
              <p>there are taken to be in force at that time approvals of the Treasurer, under <ref href="#sec-14">section 14</ref>, for the person to hold the same percentage stake in:</p>
              <p>the approval that is taken to be in force, because of subsection (1), in relation to that financial sector company continues in force until:</p>
              <p>Officers of company</p>
            </content>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>If:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>at a particular time, a person holds an approval under paragraph 14(1)(b) to hold a stake in a financial sector company of more than 20%; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>the financial sector company is a holding company of the relevant licensed company for the approval;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__para-c">
              <num>c</num>
              <content>
                <p>the relevant licensed company; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__para-d">
              <num>d</num>
              <content>
                <p>each financial sector company that is both:</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__para-i">
              <num>i</num>
              <content>
                <p>a 100% subsidiary of the holding company; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__para-ii">
              <num>ii</num>
              <content>
                <p>a holding company of the relevant licensed company.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__subclause-2">
              <num>2</num>
              <content>
                <p>If, on a particular day, the relevant licensed company for the approval ceases to be a 100% subsidiary of the holding company, the approval that is taken to be in force, because of subsection (1), in relation to that relevant licensed company continues in force until:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>the end of 90 days after that day; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>if, during that period of 90 days, the person becomes the holder of another approval under <ref href="#sec-14">section 14</ref> in relation to the relevant licensed company—that other approval comes into force.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__subclause-3">
              <num>3</num>
              <content>
                <p>If, on a particular day, a financial sector company that is covered by paragraph (1)(d):</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>ceases to be a 100% subsidiary of the holding company; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>ceases to be a holding company of the relevant licensed company for the approval;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__para-c">
              <num>c</num>
              <content>
                <p>the end of 90 days after that day; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__para-d">
              <num>d</num>
              <content>
                <p>if, during that period of 90 days, the person becomes the holder of another approval under <ref href="#sec-14">section 14</ref> in relation to the financial sector company—that other approval comes into force.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-19A__subclause-4">
              <num>4</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(4)	If, at a particular time, a company (the <b><i>approval company</i></b>) holds an approval under paragraph 14(1)(b) to hold a stake in a financial sector company of more than 20%, there is taken to be in force at that time an approval of the Treasurer, under section 14, for each officer of the approval company to hold the same percentage stake in the financial sector company.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-34">
            <num>34</num>
            <heading>At the end of section 20</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Add:</p>
            </content>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-34__subclause-4">
              <num>4</num>
              <content>
                <p>If the applicant does not provide the specified information before the end of the specified period or any longer period agreed to in writing by the Treasurer, the application is taken to be withdrawn.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-34__subclause-5">
              <num>5</num>
              <content>
                <p>A notice under subsection (2) must include a statement about the effect of subsections (3) and (4).</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-35">
            <num>35</num>
            <heading>After Division 3 of Part 2</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Insert:</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-21A">
            <num>21A</num>
            <heading>Reporting when assets threshold exceeded</heading>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-21A__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>This section applies to the relevant licensed company for an approval under paragraph 14(1)(b).</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-21A__subclause-2">
              <num>2</num>
              <content>
                <p>The company must give written notice, in accordance with subsection (3), to APRA and the holder of the approval <quantity refersTo="#deadline">within 10 days</quantity> of the day that the value of the total resident assets of the company first exceeds the assets threshold for the company.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <content>
              <p>Civil penalty:	<quantity refersTo="#penaltyUnit">60 penalty units</quantity>.</p>
              <p>Note:	An approval under paragraph 14(1)(b) is subject to a condition that the holder of the approval take certain actions if a notice is received under this section (see subsection 16A(2)).</p>
            </content>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-21A__subclause-3">
              <num>3</num>
              <content>
                <p>The notice must specify the day on which the threshold was exceeded.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-36">
            <num>36</num>
            <heading>Division 4 of Part 2 (heading)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “<b>15%</b>”, substitute “<b>20%</b>”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-37">
            <num>37</num>
            <heading>Subparagraph 23(1)(b)(ii)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “15%”, substitute “20%”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-38">
            <num>38</num>
            <heading>Subparagraph 24(1)(c)(ii)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “15%”, substitute “20%”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-39">
            <num>39</num>
            <heading>Subparagraphs 25(1)(c)(ii) and (f)(ii)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “15%”, substitute “20%”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-40">
            <num>40</num>
            <heading>Part 6 (after the heading)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Insert:</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-41A">
            <num>41A</num>
            <heading>Application of this Division</heading>
            <content>
              <p>This Division does not apply to a civil proceeding in relation to a civil penalty provision of this Act.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-41">
            <num>41</num>
            <heading>At the end of Part 6</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Add:</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-43A">
            <num>43A</num>
            <heading>Civil penalty provisions</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Enforceable civil penalty provisions</p>
              <p>Note:	Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act allows a civil penalty provision to be enforced by obtaining an order for a person to pay a pecuniary penalty for the contravention of the provision.</p>
              <p>Authorised applicant</p>
              <p>Relevant court</p>
              <p>Extension to external Territories etc.</p>
              <p>Liability of Crown</p>
            </content>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-43A__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>Each civil penalty provision of this Act is enforceable under Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-43A__subclause-2">
              <num>2</num>
              <content>
                <p>For the purposes of Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, each of the following persons is an authorised applicant in relation to the civil penalty provisions of this Act:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-43A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>the Treasurer;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-43A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>APRA.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-43A__subclause-3">
              <num>3</num>
              <content>
                <p>For the purposes of Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, the Federal Court is a relevant court in relation to the civil penalty provisions of this Act.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-43A__subclause-4">
              <num>4</num>
              <content>
                <p>Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as it applies in relation to the civil penalty provisions of this Act, extends to:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-43A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>every external Territory; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-43A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>acts, omissions, matters and things outside Australia.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-43A__subclause-5">
              <num>5</num>
              <content>
                <p>Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, as that Part applies in relation to the civil penalty provisions of this Act, does not make the Crown liable to a pecuniary penalty.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-42">
            <num>42</num>
            <heading>Subsection 44(1)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “The”, substitute “Subject to subsection (1A), the”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-43">
            <num>43</num>
            <heading>Paragraph 44(1)(a)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “(the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority)”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-44">
            <num>44</num>
            <heading>After subsection 44(1)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Insert:</p>
            </content>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-44__subclause-1A">
              <num>1A</num>
              <content>
                <p>The Treasurer must not delegate the Treasurer’s power under subsection 45A(2) (power to consent to APRA making rule).</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-45">
            <num>45</num>
            <heading>After section 45</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Insert:</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-45A">
            <num>45A</num>
            <heading>Rules</heading>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>APRA may, by legislative instrument, make rules prescribing matters:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the rules; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <content>
              <p>Ministerial consent to rules required</p>
              <p>Incorporation of other instruments</p>
              <p>Scope of the rule-making power</p>
            </content>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__subclause-2">
              <num>2</num>
              <content>
                <p>APRA must not make a rule under subsection (1) unless the Treasurer has consented, in writing, to the making of the rule.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__subclause-3">
              <num>3</num>
              <content>
                <p>A consent under subsection (2) is not a legislative instrument.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__subclause-4">
              <num>4</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(4)	Despite subsection 14(2) of the <i>Legislation Act 2003</i>, the rules may make provision in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any matter contained in an instrument or other writing as in force or existing from time to time.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__subclause-5">
              <num>5</num>
              <content>
                <p>To avoid doubt, the rules may not do the following:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>create an offence or civil penalty;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>provide powers of:</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__para-i">
              <num>i</num>
              <content>
                <p>arrest or detention; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__para-ii">
              <num>ii</num>
              <content>
                <p>entry, search or seizure;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__para-c">
              <num>c</num>
              <content>
                <p>impose a tax;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__para-d">
              <num>d</num>
              <content>
                <p>set an amount to be appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund under an appropriation in this Act;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__para-e">
              <num>e</num>
              <content>
                <p>directly amend the text of this Act.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-45A__subclause-6">
              <num>6</num>
              <content>
                <p>Rules that are inconsistent with the regulations have no effect to the extent of the inconsistency, but rules are taken to be consistent with the regulations to the extent that the rules are capable of operating concurrently with the regulations.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-46">
            <num>46</num>
            <heading>Sections 48 and 49</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Repeal the sections.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-47">
            <num>47</num>
            <heading>Paragraphs 4(1)(j) and (k) of Schedule 1</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “15%”, substitute “20%”.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-48">
            <num>48</num>
            <heading>Transitional—existing approvals to hold a stake of more than 20%</heading>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-48__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>(1)	This item applies to an approval under <i>Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998</i> that:<ref href="#sec-14">section 14</ref> of the </p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-48__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>is in force immediately before the commencement of this item; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-48__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>approves a person to hold a stake in a financial sector company of more than 20%.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-48__subclause-2">
              <num>2</num>
              <content>
                <p>(2)	The approval has effect, after the commencement of this item, as if it had been granted under paragraph 14(1)(a) of the <i>Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998</i> as substituted by this Schedule.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-48__subclause-3">
              <num>3</num>
              <content>
                <p>If an application mentioned in subitem (4):</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-48__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>was made in relation to the approval before the commencement of this item; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-48__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>is pending immediately before the commencement of this item;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <content>
              <p>the application continues to have effect, after the commencement of this item, in relation to the approval.</p>
            </content>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-48__subclause-4">
              <num>4</num>
              <content>
                <p>(4)	For the purposes of subitem (3), the following are the applications under provisions of the <i>Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998</i>:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-48__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>an application under subsection 15(2) for an extension of the period of an approval;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-48__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>an application under paragraph 16(3)(b) in relation to the conditions to which an approval is subject;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-48__para-c">
              <num>c</num>
              <content>
                <p>an application under subsection 17(1) to vary the percentage specified in an approval.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-49">
            <num>49</num>
            <heading>Transitional—existing approvals to hold a stake of more than 15% but not more than 20%</heading>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-49__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>(1)	This item applies to an approval under <i>Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998</i> that:<ref href="#sec-14">section 14</ref> of the </p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-49__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>is in force immediately before the commencement of this item; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-49__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>approves a person to hold a stake in a financial sector company of more than 15% but not more than 20%.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-49__subclause-2">
              <num>2</num>
              <content>
                <p>Subject to subitem (3), the approval ceases to have effect on and after the commencement of this item.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-49__subclause-3">
              <num>3</num>
              <content>
                <p>If:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-49__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(a)	before the commencement of this item, an application under <i>Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998 </i>was made in relation to the approval to vary the percentage specified in the approval upwards to a percentage of more than 20%; and<ref href="#sec-17">section 17</ref> of the </p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-49__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>the application is pending immediately before the commencement of this item;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <content>
              <p>then:</p>
            </content>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-49__para-c">
              <num>c</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(c)	the approval has effect, after the commencement of this item, as if it had been granted under paragraph 14(1)(a) of the <i>Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998</i> as substituted by this Schedule; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-49__para-d">
              <num>d</num>
              <content>
                <p>the application continues to have effect, after that commencement, in relation to the approval; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-49__para-e">
              <num>e</num>
              <content>
                <p>if the application is refused—the approval ceases to have effect from the time of refusal.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-50">
            <num>50</num>
            <heading>Transitional—pending application for approval to hold a stake of more than 20%</heading>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-50__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>(1)	This item applies to an application under <i>Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998</i> that:<ref href="#sec-13">section 13</ref> of the </p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-50__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>was made before the commencement of this item; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-50__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>is seeking approval to hold a stake of more than 20% in a financial sector company; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-50__para-c">
              <num>c</num>
              <content>
                <p>is pending immediately before the commencement of this item.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-50__subclause-2">
              <num>2</num>
              <content>
                <p>The application has effect, after the commencement of this item, as if the application:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-50__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(a)	had been made under <i>Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998</i> as amended by this Schedule; and<ref href="#sec-13">section 13</ref> of the </p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-50__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(b)	specified that the applicant is seeking for the approval to be granted on the basis of paragraph 14(1)(a) of the <i>Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998</i>.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-51">
            <num>51</num>
            <heading>Transitional—pending application for approval to hold a stake of more than 15% but not more than 20%</heading>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-51__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>(1)	This item applies to an application under <i>Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998</i> that:<ref href="#sec-13">section 13</ref> of the </p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-51__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>was made before the commencement of this item; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-51__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>is seeking approval to hold a stake of more than 15%, but not more than 20%, in a financial sector company; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-1__clause-51__para-c">
              <num>c</num>
              <content>
                <p>is pending immediately before the commencement of this item.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-1__clause-51__subclause-2">
              <num>2</num>
              <content>
                <p>On the commencement of this item, the application is taken never to have been made.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-1__clause-52">
            <num>52</num>
            <heading>Application of amendment—notice requiring further information about applications</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Subsections 20(4) and (5) of the <i>Financial Sector (Shareholdings) Act 1998</i>, as added by this Schedule, do not apply in relation to a notice given under subsection 20(2) of that Act before the commencement of this item.</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
        </hcontainer>
      </attachment>
      <attachment>
        <hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule-2">
          <heading>Limited banking licences</heading>
          <content>
            <p>Banking Act 1959</p>
          </content>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-2__clause-1">
            <num>1</num>
            <heading>After paragraph 9A(2)(j)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Insert:</p>
              <p>; (k)	if the <role refersTo="#authority">the authority</role>—it is unlikely to be appropriate, at or before that day, to grant the body corporate a section 9 authority that is not subject to a time limit.<ref href="#sec-9">section 9</ref> authority is to cease to have effect on a day specified in </p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-2__clause-2">
            <num>2</num>
            <heading>Subparagraph 9A(3)(a)(iii)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Repeal the subparagraph, substitute:</p>
            </content>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-2__para-iii">
              <num>iii</num>
              <content>
                <p>of the date by which any submissions must be made; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-2__clause-3">
            <num>3</num>
            <heading>After subsection 9A(3)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Insert:</p>
            </content>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-2__clause-3__subclause-3A">
              <num>3A</num>
              <content>
                <p>The date mentioned in subparagraph (3)(a)(iii) must be:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-3__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>at least 90 days after the notice under paragraph (3)(a) of this section was given; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-3__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>if the <role refersTo="#authority">the authority</role>—at least 21 days after the notice under paragraph (3)(a) of this section was given.<ref href="#sec-9">section 9</ref> authority is to cease to have effect on a day specified in </p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-2__clause-4">
            <num>4</num>
            <heading>Paragraph 9A(8)(b)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Repeal the paragraph, substitute:</p>
            </content>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-4__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>a decision to revoke a body corporate’s <ref href="#sec-9">section 9</ref> authority, unless:</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-4__para-i">
              <num>i</num>
              <content>
                <p>APRA has determined, under subsection (4), that the procedures in subsection (3) do not apply; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-4__para-ii">
              <num>ii</num>
              <content>
                <p>the <role refersTo="#authority">the authority</role>.<ref href="#sec-9">section 9</ref> authority is an authority that is to cease to have effect on a day specified in </p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-2__clause-5">
            <num>5</num>
            <heading>After section 9C</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Insert:</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9D">
            <num>9D</num>
            <heading>Authority to carry on banking business for a limited time</heading>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9D__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>An application under subsection 9(2) may state that the application is for an authority to carry on banking business in Australia for a limited time.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9D__subclause-2">
              <num>2</num>
              <content>
                <p>If APRA grants an authority under subsection 9(3) as a result of an application made in accordance with subsection (1) of this section:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-9D__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p><role refersTo="#authority">the authority</role> must state that it ceases to have effect on a day specified in <role refersTo="#authority">the authority</role>; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-9D__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p><role refersTo="#authority">the authority</role> ceases to have effect at the start of that day (except to the extent, if any, that it is continued in effect under subsection 9A(5A) or section 9F, or extended under section 9E), unless it is revoked earlier.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9D__subclause-3">
              <num>3</num>
              <content>
                <p>The day specified in <role refersTo="#authority">the authority</role> under paragraph (2)(a) must be:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-9D__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>2 years after the day APRA grants <role refersTo="#authority">the authority</role>; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-9D__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>if APRA considers that another day is appropriate—that other day.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9D__subclause-4">
              <num>4</num>
              <content>
                <p>Despite subsection 9(6), <role refersTo="#authority">the authority</role> under paragraph (2)(a) of this section.<ref href="#part-VI">Part VI</ref> does not apply to a decision to refuse an application made in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, or to a decision to specify a particular day in </p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <content>
              <p>Application for authority not subject to time limit</p>
            </content>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9D__subclause-5">
              <num>5</num>
              <content>
                <p>A <ref href="#sec-9">section 9</ref> authority granted to a body corporate as a result of an application made in accordance with subsection (1) does not prevent the body corporate making, under <ref href="#sec-9">section 9</ref>, a further application for an authority that is not subject to a time limit.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9D__subclause-6">
              <num>6</num>
              <content>
                <p>If APRA decides to grant such an application, APRA may do so by varying the <role refersTo="#authority">the authority</role> under subsection (2).<ref href="#sec-9">section 9</ref> authority to remove the time limit that applies to </p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9E">
            <num>9E</num>
            <heading>Authority to carry on banking business in Australia for a limited time—extension</heading>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9E__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(1)	This section applies to a body corporate’s <b><i>expiry day</i></b>) specified in the authority.<ref href="#sec-9">section 9</ref> authority if the authority is to cease to have effect on a day (the </p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9E__subclause-2">
              <num>2</num>
              <content>
                <p>APRA may, at any time before the expiry day, vary <role refersTo="#authority">the authority</role> to change the expiry day to a later day.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9E__subclause-3">
              <num>3</num>
              <content>
                <p>If APRA does so, APRA must:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-9E__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>give written notice to the body corporate; and</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-9E__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>ensure that notice that the variation has been made is published in the Gazette.</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9E__subclause-4">
              <num>4</num>
              <content>
                <p>A failure to comply with subsection (3) does not affect the validity of the variation.</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9F">
            <num>9F</num>
            <heading>Authority to carry on banking business in Australia for a limited time—continuation after expiry</heading>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9F__subclause-1">
              <num>1</num>
              <content>
                <p>	(1)	This section applies to a body corporate’s <b><i>expiry day</i></b>) specified in the authority.<ref href="#sec-9">section 9</ref> authority if the authority is to cease to have effect on a day (the </p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <hcontainer name="subclause" eId="schedule-2__clause-9F__subclause-2">
              <num>2</num>
              <content>
                <p>APRA may, at any time before the expiry day, give the body corporate a written notice stating that <role refersTo="#authority">the authority</role> continues in effect, on and after the expiry day, in relation to a specified matter or specified period for the purposes of:</p>
              </content>
            </hcontainer>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-9F__para-a">
              <num>a</num>
              <content>
                <p>a specified provision of this Act or the regulations; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-9F__para-b">
              <num>b</num>
              <content>
                <p>a specified provision of another law of the Commonwealth that is administered by APRA; or</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <paragraph eId="schedule-2__clause-9F__para-c">
              <num>c</num>
              <content>
                <p>a specified provision of the prudential standards;</p>
              </content>
            </paragraph>
            <content>
              <p>and the statement has effect accordingly.</p>
              <p>Banking Act 1959</p>
            </content>
          </hcontainer>
          <hcontainer name="clause" eId="schedule-2__clause-6">
            <num>6</num>
            <heading>Paragraphs 11AF(7A)(a) and (b)</heading>
            <content>
              <p>Omit “paragraph (1)(d)”, substitute “paragraph (1)(e)”.</p>
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            <num>7</num>
            <heading>Paragraph 11AF(7C)(a)</heading>
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              <p>Omit “paragraph (1)(d)”, substitute “paragraph (1)(e)”.</p>
              <p>[<i>Minister’s second reading speech made in—</i></p>
              <p>
                <i>House of Representatives on 28 June 2018</i>
              </p>
              <p><i>Senate on 21 August 2018</i>]</p>
              <p>(131/18)</p>
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