Section 854ACorporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Record‑keeping and giving of information

(1) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to requiring a person:

(a) to keep and retain records that are relevant to whether a person has voting power in a widely held market body and, if so, how much; and

(b) to keep and retain records that are relevant to determining whether any disqualified individual is involved in a market licensee, a CS facility licensee or a derivative trade repository licensee; and

(c) to give the Minister or ASIC information that is relevant to the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b); and

(d) to give a widely held market body information that is relevant to the matter mentioned in paragraph (a).

(2) The regulations may provide that information given in accordance with a requirement covered by paragraph (1)(c) or (d) must be verified by statutory declaration.

(3) However, an individual is not required to give information in accordance with a requirement covered by paragraph (1)(c) or (d) if the information might tend to incriminate the individual or expose the individual to a penalty.

(4) A person contravenes this section if:

(a) the person makes or keeps a record in compliance, or purported compliance, with a requirement covered by subsection (1); and

(b) the person does so knowing that the record:

(i) is false or misleading; or

(ii) omits any matter or thing without which the record is misleading.

Note: A contravention of this subsection is an offence (see subsection 1311(1)).

(5) Regulations made for the purposes of this section may make provision for or in relation to a matter by conferring a power on the Minister.

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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