19 December 2018

Financial Markets Conduct (NZX NZ Market Disciplinary Tribunal Rules) Approval of Rule Change Notice 2018

Pursuant to section 332(1) of the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013, the Financial Markets Authority gives the following notice.

Contents

1 Title
2 Commencement
3 Interpretation
4 Approval of rule change


Notice

1 Title

This notice is the Financial Markets Conduct (NZX NZ Market Disciplinary Tribunal Rules) Approval of Rule Change Notice 2018.

2 Commencement

This notice comes into force on 20 December 2018.

3 Interpretation

(1) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires, -

Act means the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013
FMA means the Financial Markets Authority
Listing Rules means the NZX Listing Rules as amended and to come into force on 1 January 2019
NZMDT Rules means the NZX NZ Market Disciplinary Rules
NZX means NZX Limited
Regulations means the Financial Markets Conduct Regulations 2014

(2) Any term or expression that is defined in the Act or the Regulations and used, but not defined, in this notice has the same meaning as in the Act or the Regulations.

4 Approval of rule change

Pursuant to section 331 of the Act, the FMA approves changes to the NZMDT Rules provided by NZX to the FMA for approval on 13 November 2018.

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 2018

Garth Stanish
Director of Capital Markets
Financial Markets Authority


Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice approves changes to the NZMDT Rules that were provided to the FMA by NZX for approval on 13 November 2018. These changes will be incorporated into the NZMDT Rules on 1 July 2019 or on a date in the future as determined by NZX in accordance with the NZMDT Rules at 1.3.

The changes approved are:

  • the necessary amendments to ensure consistency with the listing rules; and
  • the term "Securities" has been replaced with "Financial Products".