Section 791ACorporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Need for a licence

(1) A person must only operate, or hold out that the person operates, a financial market in this jurisdiction if:

(a) the person has an Australian market licence that authorises the person to operate the market in this jurisdiction; or

(b) the market is exempt from the operation of this Part; or

(c) the person is exempt from the operation of this Part.

Note 1: A market licensee may also provide financial services incidental to the operation of the market: see paragraph 911A(2)(d).

Note 2: Failure to comply with this subsection is an offence (see subsection 1311(1)).

(2) For the purposes of an offence based on subsection (1), strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

(3) A person contravenes this subsection if the person contravenes subsection (1).

Note: This subsection is a civil penalty provision (see section 1317E).

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation at 17 May 2026. For the latest information on Australian Government law please go to https://www.legislation.gov.au. Verify the current text against the official source before relying on it.

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