1ASIC Corporations (Foreign Securities—Publishing Notices) Instrument 2025/616

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ASIC Corporations (Foreign Securities— Publishing Notices) Instrument 2025/616

I, Amanda Zeller, delegate of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, make the following legislative instrument.

Date 19 September 2025

Amanda Zeller

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary 3

1 Name of legislative instrument....................................3

2 Commencement...............................................3

3 Authority....................................................3

4 Definitions...................................................3

Part 2—Declaration 4

5 Publication relief for notices or reports of foreign companies............4

Part 3—Repeal 4

6 Repeal.......................................................4

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name of legislative instrument

This is the ASIC Corporations (Foreign Securities—Publishing Notices) Instrument 2025/616.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

Note: The register may be accessed at www.legislation.gov.au.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 741(1) of the Corporations Act 2001.

4 Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Corporations Act 2001.

Part 2—Declaration

5 Publication relief for notices or reports of foreign companies

Chapter 6D of the Act applies to all persons as if section 734 were modified or varied as follows:

(a) omit subsection (2A), substitute:

“(2A) Subsection (2) does not apply if the advertisement or publication is authorised by subsection (4), (5), (6), (7) or (7A).”;

(b) after subsection (7) insert:

“(7A) An advertisement or publication does not contravene subsection (2) if it:

(a) relates to an offer of securities of a body that is listed on an approved foreign market and consists of a notice or report by the body, or one of its officers, about its affairs to the relevant market operator; or

(b) consists solely of a notice or report of a general meeting of the body.

Note: The definition of approved foreign market is notionally inserted into section 9 by ASIC Corporations (Definition of Approved Foreign Market) Instrument 2017/669.”.