51Conditions of licence

##### 51 Conditions of licence (1) A licence is subject to: (a) such conditions and restrictions as are prescribed; and (b) subject to section 62P, such conditions and restrictions as the Commission imposes when granting the licence or at any time when the licence is in force. (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), conditions and restrictions referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b): (a) may include conditions and restrictions relating to the limitation of the liability that may be incurred by the holder of a dealers licence in connection with a business of dealing in securities; (b) may include conditions and restrictions relating to the incurring and disclosure of liabilities arising otherwise than in connection with a business of dealing in securities; (c) may include conditions and restrictions relating to the financial position of the holder of a dealers licence, whether in relation to the business of dealing in securities carried on by him or otherwise; (d) may include a condition requiring the holder of a dealers licence or of an investment advisers licence to lodge and maintain with the local authority a security approved by the Commission for such amount not exceeding the prescribed amount as is, from time to time, determined by the Commission in relation to the holder of that licence; (e) may include conditions about what the holder of a licence is to do, by way of supervision and otherwise, in order to prevent the holder’s representatives from contravening: (i) a securities law; or (ii) another condition of the licence; and (f) may include conditions about what the holder of a licence is to do to ensure that each representative of the holder has adequate qualifications and experience having regard to what the representative will do on the holder’s behalf in connection with a securities business or investment advice business carried on by the holder. (3) Without limiting the generality of paragraph (2)(c), the conditions referred to in that paragraph: (a) may include a condition that the assets of the holder of a dealers licence include, or do not include, assets of a particular kind or kinds; and (b) may include a condition that the sum of the values of the assets of a particular kind or kinds included in the assets of the holder of a dealers licence be not less than, or not greater than, an amount ascertained in accordance with the condition. (4) A condition referred to in paragraph (3)(b) may provide for the values of assets of a dealer for the purposes of the application of that condition to be ascertained in a manner specified in, or determined in accordance with, the condition. (5) The provision that may be made in a condition referred to in paragraph (3)(b) for ascertaining the amount referred to in that paragraph may be, but is not limited to, a provision that that amount shall be: (a) a specified percentage of the sum of the values of all the assets of the holder of the dealers licence; (b) a specified percentage of the sum of the values of all the assets of the holder of the dealers licence that are included in a specified class or classes of those assets; (c) a specified percentage of the sum of the amounts of all the liabilities of the holder of the dealers licence; or (d) a specified percentage of the sum of the amounts of all the liabilities of the holder of the dealers licence that are included in a specified class or classes of those liabilities. (6) A reference in this section to the assets of the holder of a dealers licence shall be construed as a reference to all the assets of the holder of the licence, whether or not the assets are used in, or in connection with, the business of dealing in securities carried on by him. (7) Subject to section 62P, the Commission may, at any time, revoke or vary conditions or restrictions imposed by the Commission under paragraph (1)(b). (8) Where the Commission imposes, or varies or revokes, conditions or restrictions under this section in relation to a licence granted to a member of a securities exchange, the Commission shall inform the securities exchange and, if the member is a partner in a member firm, the member firm. (9) Where a security is lodged with the local authority pursuant to a condition to which a licence is subject in accordance with paragraph (2)(d), the security may be applied by the local authority in such circumstances, for such purposes and in such manner as is prescribed. (9A) The regulations may make provision for or in relation to the discharge in whole or in part by the local authority of securities lodged pursuant to this section. (10) In this section, local authority means the Corporate Affairs Commission for the Territory.