Section 853DCorporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Procedure for declaration

(1) ASIC must not make a declaration under section 853C unless it has followed the procedure in this section.

(2) Within 42 days after:

(a) a body corporate applies for an Australian market licence, an Australian CS facility licence, an Australian derivative trade repository licence or a benchmark administrator licence; or

(b) ASIC receives other information that may be relevant to deciding whether to make a declaration under section 853C about an individual who is involved in an applicant for an Australian market licence, an Australian CS facility licence, an Australian derivative trade repository licence or a benchmark administrator licence, or in an existing licensee;

ASIC may give the applicant or licensee written notice that ASIC proposes to make a declaration under section 853C about the individual in question.

(3) ASIC must give a copy of the notice to the individual.

(4) The notice must:

(a) state the grounds on which ASIC proposes to make the declaration; and

(b) require the applicant or licensee, and the individual, to show, at a hearing before a specified person, why the declaration should not be made; and

(c) specify a reasonable time and place at which the hearing is to be held.

However, if the applicant or licensee, and the individual, consent, the person conducting the hearing may fix a different time or place.

(5) The person conducting the hearing must:

(a) give the applicant or licensee, and the individual, an opportunity to be heard at the hearing; and

(b) give ASIC:

(i) a report about the hearing; and

(ii) a recommendation about the grounds in the notice on which it is proposed to make the declaration.

(6) As soon as practicable after the hearing, ASIC must:

(a) decide whether to make the declaration; and

(b) give both of the following persons a copy of the declaration, or a written notice of its decision not to make the declaration:

(i) the applicant or licensee;

(ii) the individual.

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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