Section 952MCorporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Offence of unauthorised alteration of Financial Services Guide, Supplementary Financial Services Guide or website disclosure information

A person commits an offence if:

(a) the person engages in conduct that results in an alteration of a Financial Services Guide, a Supplementary Financial Services Guide or website disclosure information that:

(i) has been prepared by or on behalf of a particular financial services licensee; or

(ii) the distribution of which by the person has been authorised by a particular financial services licensee; and

(b) the alteration results in the Financial Services Guide, Supplementary Financial Services Guide or website disclosure information becoming defective, or more defective than it previously was; and

(c) the alteration is not made with the authority of the licensee; and

(d) the person, in purported compliance with a provision of this Part:

(i) gives the altered Financial Services Guide or Supplementary Financial Services Guide to another person; or

(ii) makes available, on its website, the altered website disclosure information.

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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