Financial Intermediaries Act 1996
sec.247Further specific regulation-making powers
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sec.247 Further specific regulation-making powers
A regulation may make provision about— the information to be contained in returns to the registrar; and the circumstances in which, and the period within which, returns must be filed with the registrar; and documents that must be incorporated in, or be given with, the returns; and permitting a society subject to any stated terms, exceptions or qualifications, to insert in an account or report under this Act, in substitution for an amount that the society would be required or permitted to be set out in the accounts or report, an amount ascertained under a regulation (not being an amount that is more than $500 more or less than the first amount). For subsection (1) (d) , the insertion of zero is taken to be the insertion of an amount. Also, for information purposes only, a regulation may identify the functions of the registrar under this Act conferred on APRA under an agreement between the State and APRA under part 4 , division 3 . s 247 amd 1999 No. 27 s 76 sch 1 pt 2 (sec.247-ssec.1) A regulation may make provision about— the information to be contained in returns to the registrar; and the circumstances in which, and the period within which, returns must be filed with the registrar; and documents that must be incorporated in, or be given with, the returns; and permitting a society subject to any stated terms, exceptions or qualifications, to insert in an account or report under this Act, in substitution for an amount that the society would be required or permitted to be set out in the accounts or report, an amount ascertained under a regulation (not being an amount that is more than $500 more or less than the first amount). (sec.247-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (d) , the insertion of zero is taken to be the insertion of an amount. (sec.247-ssec.3) Also, for information purposes only, a regulation may identify the functions of the registrar under this Act conferred on APRA under an agreement between the State and APRA under part 4 , division 3 .
- (a) the information to be contained in returns to the registrar; and
- (b) the circumstances in which, and the period within which, returns must be filed with the registrar; and
- (c) documents that must be incorporated in, or be given with, the returns; and
- (d) permitting a society subject to any stated terms, exceptions or qualifications, to insert in an account or report under this Act, in substitution for an amount that the society would be required or permitted to be set out in the accounts or report, an amount ascertained under a regulation (not being an amount that is more than $500 more or less than the first amount).