Corporations Regulations 2001

For paragraph 766A(2)(b) of the Act, a person who provides an eligible service is taken not to provide a financial service if:

the person provides the eligible service in the course of conducting an exempt service; and

it is reasonably necessary to provide the eligible service in order to conduct the exempt service; and

the eligible service is provided as an integral part of the exempt service.

For this regulation, a person provides an eligible service if the person engages in conduct mentioned in paragraphs 766A(1)(a) to (f) of the Act.

For this regulation, a person who does any of the following provides an exempt service:

provides advice in relation to the preparation or auditing of financial reports or audit reports;

provides advice on a risk that another person might be subject to and identifies generic financial products or generic classes of financial product that will mitigate that risk, other than advice for inclusion in an exempt document or statement;

provides advice on the acquisition or disposal, administration, due diligence, establishment, structuring or valuation of an incorporated or unincorporated entity, if the advice:

is given to a person who is, or is likely to become, an interested party in the entity; and

to the extent that it is financial product advice—is confined to advice on a decision about:

securities of a body corporate, or related body corporate, that carries on or may carry on the business of the entity; or

interests in a trust (other than a superannuation fund, a managed investment scheme that is registered or required to be registered under Part 5C.1 of the Act, or a notified foreign passport fund), the trustee of which carries on or may carry on the business of the entity in the capacity of trustee; and

does not relate to other financial products that the body corporate or the trustee of the trust may acquire or dispose of; and

is not advice for inclusion in an exempt document or statement;

provides advice on financial products that are:

securities in a company (other than securities that are to be offered under a disclosure document under Chapter 6D of the Act); or

interests in a trust (other than a superannuation fund, a managed investment scheme that is registered or required to be registered under Part 5C.1 of the Act, or a notified foreign passport fund);

provides advice in relation to the transfer of financial products between associates;

arranges for another person to engage in conduct referred to in subsection 766C(1) in relation to interests in a self managed superannuation fund in the circumstances in paragraphs (5)(b) and (c);

arranges for another person to engage in conduct referred to in subsection 766C(1), by preparing a document of registration or transfer in order to complete administrative tasks on instructions from the person;

provides advice about the provision of financial products as security, other than where the security is provided for the acquisition of other financial products.

For this regulation, a person also provides an exempt service if the person:

is registered as an auditor under Part 9.2 of the Act; and

performs any of the functions of a cover pool monitor mentioned in subsection 30(4) of the Banking Act 1959.

For this regulation, a person also provides an exempt service if:

the person provides advice to another person on taxation issues including advice in relation to the taxation implications of financial products; and

the person will not receive a benefit (other than from the person advised or an associate of the person advised) as a result of the person advised acquiring a financial product mentioned in the advice, or a financial product that falls within a class of financial products mentioned in the advice; and

either:

the advice does not constitute financial product advice to a retail client; or

the advice constitutes financial product advice to a retail client and it includes, or is accompanied by, a written statement that:

the person providing the advice is not licensed to provide financial product advice under the Act; and

taxation is only one of the matters that must be considered when making a decision on a financial product; and

the client should consider taking advice from the holder of an Australian Financial Services Licence before making a decision on a financial product.

For this regulation, a person also provides an exempt service if:

the person provides advice in relation to the establishment, operation, structuring or valuation of a superannuation fund, other than advice for inclusion in an exempt document or statement; and

the person advised is, or is likely to become:

a trustee; or

a director of a trustee; or

an employer‑sponsor; or

a person who controls the management;

except for advice that is given for the sole purpose, and only to the extent reasonably necessary for the purpose, of ensuring compliance by the person advised with the SIS Act (other than paragraph 52(2)(f)), the SIS Regulations (other than regulation 4.09) or the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992—the advice:

does not relate to the acquisition or disposal by the superannuation fund of specific financial products or classes of financial products; and

does not include a recommendation that a person acquire or dispose of a superannuation product; and

does not include a recommendation in relation to a person’s existing holding in a superannuation product to modify an investment strategy or a contribution level; and

if the advice constitutes financial product advice provided to a retail client—the advice includes, or is accompanied by, a written statement that:

the person providing the advice is not licensed to provide financial product advice under the Act; and

the client should consider taking advice from the holder of an Australian Financial Services Licence before making a decision on a financial product.

In this regulation:

an associate within the meaning of Division 2 of Part 1.2 of the Act; or

a manager; or

an officer; or

a trustee or director of a trustee.