Financial Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1999
57Subsection 66A(1)
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57 Subsection 66A(1)
(1) A person, other than an ADI, is guilty of an offence if:
(a) the person carries on a financial business, whether or not in Australia; and
(b) the person assumes or uses, in Australia, the expression authorised deposit‑taking institution, or ADI, in relation to that financial business; and
Note 1: For the meanings of assume or use and financial business, see subsection (2).
Note 3: If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this subsection, subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose a fine of up to 5 times the penalty stated above.
(1A) If a person assumes or uses an expression in circumstances that give rise to the person committing an offence against subsection (1), the person is guilty of an offence against that subsection in respect of:
(b) each subsequent day (if any) on which the circumstances that gave rise to the person committing the offence continue (including the day of conviction for any such offence or any later day).
Note: This subsection is not intended to imply that section 4K of the Crimes Act 1914 does not apply to offences against this Act or the regulations.
58 Subsection 67(1)
(1) A person, other than an ADI, is guilty of an offence if:
(a) the person carries on banking business in a foreign country but does not carry on banking business in Australia; and
(b) the person establishes or maintains an office in Australia wholly or partly in connection with the carrying on of that banking business in that foreign country; and
(c) APRA did not consent, in writing, to the establishment or maintenance of that office; and
(d) there is no order in force under section 11 determining that this subsection does not apply to the person.
Note 2: If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this subsection, subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose a fine of up to 5 times the penalty stated above.
(1A) If a person establishes or maintains an office in circumstances that give rise to the person committing an offence against subsection (1), the person is guilty of an offence against that subsection in respect of:
(b) each subsequent day (if any) on which the circumstances that gave rise to the person committing the offence continue (including the day of conviction for any such offence or any later day).
Note: This subsection is not intended to imply that section 4K of the Crimes Act 1914 does not apply to offences against this Act or the regulations.