1ASIC Corporations (IDPS—Relevant Interests) Instrument 2026/100

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ASIC Corporations (IDPS—Relevant Interests) Instrument 2026/100

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

Date 23 March 2026

Amanda Zeller

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary 3

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

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

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

4 Schedules....................................................3

5 Simplified outline of this instrument...............................3

6 Definitions...................................................3

Part 2—Declaration 4

7 Relevant interests and operators of IDPSs...........................4

Part 3—Repeal 5

8 Repeal.......................................................5

Schedule 1—Repeals 6

ASIC Corporations (IDPS—Relevant Interests) Instrument 2015/1067.......6

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Name of legislative instrument

This is the ASIC Corporations (IDPS—Relevant Interests) Instrument 2026/100.

2 Commencement

This instrument commences on the later of:

(a) the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation; and

(b) 1 April 2026.

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

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsections 655A(1) and 673(1) of the Corporations Act 2001.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5 Simplified outline of this instrument

This instrument modifies section 609 of the Act so that an operator of an investor directed portfolio service (also known as an IDPS) or a financial services licensee or their representative involved in the operation of an IDPS do not have a relevant interest in securities held through the IDPS merely because they hold the securities or have a discretion in relation to their disposal.

6 Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Corporations Act 2001.