Section 6B - Financial Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1999 - Application of Criminal Code

6BApplication of Criminal Code

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6B Application of Criminal Code

The Criminal Code applies to all offences against this Act.

5 Sections 7 and 8

Repeal the sections, substitute:

7 Person other than a body corporate must not carry on banking business

(1) A person is guilty of an offence if:

(a) the person carries on any banking business in Australia; and

(b) the person is not a body corporate; and

(2) An offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence. (3) If a person carries on banking business 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.

8 Only the Reserve Bank and bodies corporate that are ADIs may carry on banking business

(1) A body corporate is guilty of an offence if:

(a) the body corporate carries on any banking business in Australia; and

(b) the body corporate is not the Reserve Bank; and

(d) there is no order in force under section 11 determining that this subsection does not apply to the body corporate.

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.

(2) An offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence. (3) If a body corporate carries on banking business in circumstances that give rise to the body corporate committing an offence against subsection (1), the body corporate 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 body corporate 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.

6 Subsection 9(6)

(6) An ADI is guilty of an offence if:

(b) doing, or failing to do, the act results in a contravention of a condition of the ADI’s authority; and