Exemption relief for reporting entities

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Legislative instruments – in-force

Date Legislative instrument Details

1 September 2023 

ASIC Corporations (Derivative Transaction Reporting Exemption) Instrument 2015/844 

Compilation No. 14 

Exemptive relief for: 

  • Exchange-traded derivatives
  • Entity Information until 20 October 2024 
  • Reference Entity Information until 20 October 2024 
  • Joint Counterparties until 20 October 2024 
  • Name Information until 20 October 2024 
  • Trade identifiers until 20 October 2024 
  • FX Securities Conversion Transactions until 20 October 2024 
  • Spot settlement transactions until 20 October 2024
  • Transitional information reporting until 20 October 2024

11 February 2021

ASIC Derivative Transaction Rules (ADI Foreign Subsidiaries) Class Exemption 2021/51

Exemptive relief allowing ADI foreign subsidiaries to apply an alternative test for reportable transactions and reportable positions 'entered into by the reporting entity in this jurisdiction'.

Scheduled to be repealed on 21 October 2024 – see as-made Instrument 2023/36 below.

12 August 2016

ASIC Corporations (Derivative Transaction Reporting Exemption) Instrument 2016/0688

Exemptive relief for OTC participants of ASX Clear (Futures) where an OTC participant submits a transaction for clearing on behalf of an affiliate or client of the OTC participant, and the transaction is accepted for clearing by ASX Clear (Futures).

Scheduled to be repealed on 21 October 2024 – see as-made Instrument 2023/36 below.

2 February 2015 ASIC Derivative Transaction Rules (Nexus Derivatives) Class Exemption 2015 and the explanatory statement Exemptive relief allowing foreign reporting entities to apply an alternative test for reportable transactions and reportable positions 'entered into by the reporting entity in this jurisdiction'.

Legislative instruments – as-made

Date Legislative instrument Details

31 August 2023

ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2023/504

Amends ASIC Corporations (Derivative Transaction Reporting Exemption) Instrument 2015/844 to introduce conditional time-limited exemptive relief which exempts reporting entities from reporting certain items of derivative trade data under the ASIC Derivative Transaction Rules (Reporting) 2022 that will not be required to be reported from the commencement of the ASIC

20 April 2023

ASIC Corporations (Amendment and Repeal) Instrument 2023/36 

Amends ASIC exemption instruments to refer to the 2022 Transaction Reporting Rules (TRRs), extends time-limited exemptive relief, broadens the jurisdictional scope of exemptive relief for reporting of trade identifiers and repeals exemptive relief that has either expired or will be included in the 2024 TRRs.

1 October 2020 ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2020/827 Amends ASIC Corporations (Derivative Transaction Reporting Exemption) Instrument 2015/844 to extend relief for Exchange-traded derivatives, Name Information and FX Securities Conversion Transactions until 30 Sep 2022.
27 March 2020 ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2020/242 Amendment to the ASIC Corporations (Derivative Transactions Reporting Exemption) Instrument 2015/844 to extend both conditional trade identifier relief and relief to Reporting Entities that are New Zealand registered banks from the requirement to report entity information in certain circumstances until 30 September 2022.
1 October 2019 ASIC Corporations
(Amendment) Instrument 2019/958
Amendment to the ASIC Corporations (Derivative Transactions Reporting Exemption) Instrument 2015/844 to provide conditional extensions to entity information.
11 March 2019 ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2019/169 Amendment to the ASIC Corporations (Derivative Transactions Reporting Exemption) Instrument 2015/844 to modify relief for exchange traded derivatives, modify and extend relief for name information (including for certain privacy restrictions) and provide conditional extensions to entity information.
19 September 2018 ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2018/810 Amendment to the ASIC Corporations (Derivative Transactions Reporting Exemption) Instrument 2015/844 to extend relief for exchange traded derivatives, entity and name information (including for certain privacy restrictions) and FX Securities Conversion Transactions.
23 March 2018 ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2018/172 The granting of the Class Exemption follows consideration of the Technical Guidance on UTIs by the boards of CPMI and IOSCO (published in February 2017) and the FSB report on Governance arrangements for the unique transaction identifier (published December 2017). ASIC considers the additional 24 months of relief afforded by the Class Exemption to be sufficient time for the resolution for key implementation considerations, including finalisation of governance matters and necessary changes to IT and other processes. Accordingly ASIC expects full implementation of the requirements to report trade identifier that is a 'universal transaction identifier' or a 'single transaction identifier' from 1 April 2020.
27 September 2017 ASIC
Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2017/861
Amendment to the ASIC Corporations (Derivative Transaction Reporting Exemption) Instrument 2015/844 to extend the trade identifier reporting relief until 31 March 2018.
5 September 2017 ASIC
Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2017/0723
Amendment to the ASIC Corporations (Derivative Transaction Reporting Exemption) Instrument 2015/844 to add Eurex Zurich to the list of Relevant Financial Markets for the purposes of the exemption in subsection 5(1).
24 January 2017 ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2017/0036 Amendment to the ASIC Corporations (Derivative Transaction Reporting Exemption) Instrument 2015/844 to extend the trade identifier reporting relief until 30 September 2017.
27 September 2016 ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2016/913 Amendment to the ASIC Corporations (Derivative Transaction Reporting Exemption) Instrument 2015/844 to extend name information relief and foreign exchange security conversion transaction relief until 30 September 2018 and relief for foreign privacy restrictions until 31 December 2018.
29 January 2016 ASIC Corporations (Amendment and Repeal) Instrument 2016/0043 Amendment to the ASIC Corporations (Derivative Transaction Reporting Exemption) Instrument 2015/844 to extend the trade identifier reporting relief until 31 January 2017 and to repeal the ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2016/0030.
30 September 2015 ASIC Corporations (Derivative Transaction Reporting Exemption) Instrument 2015/844 Explanatory statement Transitional exemptive relief for Phase 1,2 and 3 reporting entities from elements of the ASIC Derivative Transaction Rules (Reporting) 2013.
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