Manner and format requirements for lodging with, or giving or providing to, ASIC
217A Manner and format requirements for lodging with, or giving or providing to, ASIC
This section applies if a provision of this Act requires or permits a person to:
lodge with ASIC a document or information; or
give or otherwise provide to ASIC a document or information.
In order for a document or information to be so lodged, given or provided, the person must meet any manner and format requirements for doing so.
Such manner and format requirements may be:
for a document to be lodged in accordance with subsection 217(1)—approved as mentioned in that subsection; or
in every case—approved under subsection (4) of this section for documents or information of that kind.
ASIC may in writing:
approve a manner for lodging with, or giving or providing to, ASIC a document or information of a specified kind; or
approve a format for lodging with, or giving or providing to, ASIC a document or information of a specified kind.
ASIC must publish each approval on its website.
A manner or format could be electronic.
ASIC may approve different manners or formats for different kinds of documents or information (see subsection 33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).
Specifying a kind of document or information could include referring to the provision of this Act that requires it to be lodged with or given to ASIC.
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