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Financial Markets Act, 2012 (Act No. 19 of 2012)

Chapter V : Clearing House

Functions of licensed clearing house and licensed central counterparty

51. Maintenance of insurance, guarantee, compensation fund or other warranty

 

(1) An independent clearing house or a central counterparty required under section 49(2)(b) to have insurance, a guarantee, a compensation fund, or other warranty in place, may impose a fee on any person involved in a transaction in listed or unlisted securities cleared or settled or both through the clearing house for the purpose of maintaining that insurance, guarantee, compensation fund or other warranty.

 

(2) Any funds received or held by an independent clearing house or a central counterparty for the purpose of maintaining the insurance, guarantee, compensation fund or other warranty contemplated in section 49(2)(b), are for all intents and purposes considered to be "trust property" as defined in the Financial Institutions (Protection of Funds) Act and that Act applies to those funds.

 

[Section 51 substituted by section 290, items 32(a) and (b) of Schedule 4, of the Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017 (Act No. 9 of 2017), Notice No. 853, GG 41060, dated 22 August 2017 - effective 9 February 2018 (Notice R. 99, GG 41433, dated 9 February 2018)]