New Zealand is the host country when an offer of securities to which this Part applies is made in New Zealand by an Australian issuer.

(1) Subject to regulation 8(1), securities to which this Part applies are exempt.

(2) Securities that are exempt under subclause (1) do not cease to be exempt if any of the requirements of regulation 13 are not complied with.

(3) Nothing in Part 2 of the Act (except sections 38B and 58) or the Regulations applies to an advertisement made by or on behalf of an Australian issuer that—

• (a) states that—

  • (i) the Australian issuer is considering making an offer of securities to the public; and

  • (ii) no money is currently being sought and that no applications for securities will be accepted or money received unless the subscriber has received a disclosure document or a product disclosure statement or a similar offer document; and

  • (iii) it is intended that the offer will be made under these regulations, subject to meeting the requirements of these regulations; and

• (b) if the Australian issuer wishes, states that the Australian issuer is seeking preliminary indications of interest and, in this case, also states—

  • (i) how indications of interest may be made; and

  • (ii) that no indication of interest will involve an obligation or commitment of any kind; and

• (c) contains no other information, except any or all of the following:

  • (i) the name of the Australian issuer:

  • (ii) a description of the securities intended to be offered, including a brief description of any rights or privileges to be attached:

  • (iii) the rate or rates of interest (if any) that may be earned by holding the securities intended to be offered:

  • (iv) the total number of securities intended to be offered:

  • (v) a statement of the intended use of the subscriptions:

  • (vi) the terms of the intended offer:

  • (vii) a description of the class of persons to whom it is intended the offer will be made:

  • (viii) the date at which the issuer expects that the offer will be made; and

• (d) is dated and is not distributed to any person later than 6 months after its date.

Subject to regulation 8, this Part applies to securities offered to the public in New Zealand by an Australian issuer.

(1) Securities to which this Part applies are exempt if the requirements of regulations 9 to 12 are satisfied.

(2) This Part does not apply to an offer of securities to the public in New Zealand by an Australian issuer if the FMA has given a notice under regulation 13(4) to the Australian issuer that the Australian issuer must not make further offers under these regulations, and that notice has not been revoked or otherwise expired.

(3) If satisfied that a failure to meet a requirement contained in regulation 11 or 12 is minor or technical only, the FMA may declare in writing that it is a non-material breach.

(4) The effect of a declaration of a non-material breach is that the requirement in question is deemed to have been complied with.

(5) Subject to regulation 11(5), if there is more than 1 Australian issuer of the securities, then compliance by any 1 of them with a requirement of these regulations is deemed to be compliance by the others.

The offer must be a regulated offer in Australia.

(1) The Australian issuer must be entitled under Australian securities legislation to offer the securities.

(2) In particular, without limiting subclause (1), any offer documents required to be lodged with the Australian regulator must have been filed, and any exposure period must have expired.

(1) The Australian issuer must, before making the offer, give a notice to the Registrar that complies with subclause (3).

(2) The notice, when received by the Registrar, also serves as the opt-in notice referred to in section 73(2) of the Act.

(3) The notice must—

• (a) state that the Australian issuer intends to make an offer in accordance with these regulations; and

• (b) specify the securities to be offered; and

• (c) specify the proposed offer period for each of—

  • (i) the offer of the securities in New Zealand; and

  • (ii) the offer of the securities in Australia; and

• (d) state the full name and address in New Zealand of 1 or more persons resident or incorporated in New Zealand who are authorised to accept service in New Zealand at that address of documents on behalf of the Australian issuer; and

• (e) state that the Australian issuer submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of New Zealand; and

• (f) state the Australian issuer's New Zealand overseas issuer registration number (if any); and

• (g) be accompanied by the documents specified in regulation 12; and

• (h) comply with the requirements of regulation 16.

(4) In subclause (3)(c), the proposed offer period for the offer of the securities in Australia must include the proposed offer period for the offer of the securities in New Zealand.

(5) If there is more than 1 Australian issuer of the securities, each Australian issuer who intends to make an offer in accordance with these regulations must give a notice under this regulation.

(1) The following documents must accompany the notice to the Registrar under regulation 11:

• (a) the offer documents filed with the Australian regulator or, if the offer can be made without filing with the Australian regulator, the offer documents; and

• (b) a copy of any exemption or declaration relevant to the offer granted or made by the Australian regulator that is specific to the offer or the Australian issuer; and

• (c) particulars of any general exemptions or declarations relevant to the offer granted or made by the Australian regulator; and

• (d) to the extent that it is not included as part of the offer documents referred to in paragraph (a),—

  • (i) the constitution (if any) of the Australian issuer, unless subparagraph (ii) applies; or

  • (ii) if the securities to be offered are interests in a collective investment scheme, rights or interests in those interests, or options to acquire those interests by way of issue, the constituent document of the scheme; and

• (e) a copy of the warning statements referred to in regulation 13(1)(d) to (g).

(2) In subclause (1)(b) and (c), exemption or declaration means an exemption granted, or a declaration made, by the Australian regulator under the Corporations Act 2001 (Aust).

(1) The offer must comply with the following ongoing requirements:

• (a) the offer must remain a regulated offer in Australia at all times during which it is open for acceptance by persons in New Zealand; and

• (b) the offer must comply with the securities legislation of Australia; and

• (c) the offer must be open to acceptance by persons in Australia at all times during which it is open for acceptance by persons in New Zealand; and

• (d) if any offer document referred to in regulation 12(1)(a) is provided to any person, the offer document must be accompanied by the following warning statement:

  “(a) This offer to New Zealand investors is a regulated offer made under Australian and New Zealand law. In Australia, this is Chapter 8 of the Corporations Act 2001 and Regulations. In New Zealand, this is Part 5 of the Securities Act 1978 and the Securities (Mutual Recognition of Securities Offerings—Australia) Regulations 2008.”

  “(b) This offer and the content of the offer document are principally governed by Australian rather than New Zealand law. In the main, the Corporations Act 2001 and Regulations (Australia) set out how the offer must be made.”

  “(c) There are differences in how securities are regulated under Australian law. For example, the disclosure of fees for collective investment schemes is different under the Australian regime.”

  “(d) The rights, remedies, and compensation arrangements available to New Zealand investors in Australian securities may differ from the rights, remedies, and compensation arrangements for New Zealand securities.”

  “(e) Both the Australian and New Zealand securities regulators have enforcement responsibilities in relation to this offer. If you need to make a complaint about this offer, please contact the Financial Markets Authority, Wellington, New Zealand. The Australian and New Zealand regulators will work together to settle your complaint.”

  “(f) The taxation treatment of Australian securities is not the same as for New Zealand securities.”

  “(g) If you are uncertain about whether this investment is appropriate for you, you should seek the advice of an appropriately qualified financial adviser.”; and

• (e) if any offer document referred to in regulation 12(1)(a) is provided to any person and the offer involves payments that are not in New Zealand dollars, the offer document must be accompanied by the following additional warning statement:

  “(a) The offer may involve a currency exchange risk. The currency for the securities is not New Zealand dollars. The value of the securities will go up or down according to changes in the exchange rate between that currency and New Zealand dollars. These changes may be significant.”

  “(b) If you expect the securities to pay any amounts in a currency that is not New Zealand dollars, you may incur significant fees in having the funds credited to a bank account in New Zealand in New Zealand dollars.”; and

• (f) if any offer document referred to in regulation 12(1)(a) is provided to any person and the offer involves securities able to be traded on a financial market, the offer document must be accompanied by the following additional warning statement:

  “If the securities are able to be traded on a securities market and you wish to trade the securities through that market, you will have to make arrangements for a participant in that market to sell the securities on your behalf. If the securities market does not operate in New Zealand, the way in which the market operates, the regulation of participants in that market, and the information available to you about the securities and trading may differ from securities markets that operate in New Zealand.”; and

• (g) if any offer document referred to in regulation 12(1)(a) is provided to any person and the offer is for the offer of interests in an Australian collective investment scheme and any dispute resolution process described in the offer document is not available in New Zealand, the offer document must be accompanied by the following additional warning statement:

  “The dispute resolution process described in this offer document is only available in Australia and is not available in New Zealand.”

(2) The Australian issuer must comply with the following ongoing requirements during the period of the offer:

• (a) the Australian issuer must provide an offeree, on request, with copies of the relevant constitutional documents in respect of the issuer or the offer; and

• (b) the Australian issuer must ensure that a person who is prohibited by, or under a power exercised under, Australian or New Zealand legislation from being concerned in the management of a company in Australia or New Zealand is not concerned in the management of the issuer; and

• (c) the Australian issuer must ensure that there is, throughout the period of the offer, at least 1 person resident or incorporated in New Zealand who is authorised to accept service in New Zealand at that person's address of documents on behalf of the Australian issuer.

(3) If an event listed in the first column of the following table occurs in relation to the offer or the Australian issuer, the Australian issuer must give to the Registrar the notice specified in the second column (see regulations 16 and 17 for the form and contents of each notice) within the time for filing the notice specified in the third column:

(4) The FMA may give a written notice to an Australian issuer that it must not make any further offer under these regulations if the FMA is satisfied that—

• (a) 1 or more of the requirements of this regulation have been breached in relation to a previous offer by the Australian issuer or an associate of the Australian issuer under these regulations; and

• (b) the breach was not minor or technical only.

(5) The FMA must not give a notice under subclause (4) without first giving the Australian issuer a reasonable opportunity to make representations to the FMA, including the opportunity to appear before the FMA.

(1) Subject to subclause (2), Part 2 of the Act (except section 35) and the Regulations apply to securities offered in Australia by a New Zealand issuer when the issuer makes, or purports to make, the offer under the Australian recognition scheme.

(2) Part 2 of the Act and the Regulations do not apply to securities offered in Australia by a New Zealand issuer under subclause (1) to the extent that the offer is exempted under section 70B of the Act from compliance with Part 2 and the Regulations.

(3) In this regulation, Regulations means—

• (a) the Securities Regulations 2009; or

• (b) the Securities Regulations 1983 if those regulations apply to the offer in accordance with subclause (4).

(4) For the purposes of subclause (3), regulations 50 to 56 of the Securities Regulations 2009 apply with all necessary modifications as if the securities were offered in New Zealand (with the effect that the Securities Regulations 1983 may apply if, for example, a prospectus is registered before 1 October 2009 or the issuer elects to comply with those regulations).

(1) A New Zealand issuer who intends to make an offer of securities in Australia under the Australian recognition scheme must give a notice to the Registrar of the intention to make the offer.

(2) The notice must comply with the requirements of regulation 18.

(3) The issuer must give the notice not later than the time when it notifies the Australian regulator of the intention to make the offer.

(1) Every notice required by regulation 11 or 13 must be—

• (a) signed and dated by the Australian issuer or a person with authority to act on the issuer's behalf; and

• (b) contain the information set out in subclause (2).

(2) Every notice required by regulation 11 or 13 must contain the following information:

• (a) the name of the Australian issuer:

• (b) if applicable, the Australian registered scheme number:

• (c) except in the case of the notice required by regulation 11, the Registrar's reference number:

• (d) the name of the person signing the notice on the Australian issuer's behalf:

• (e) the following details of the person completing the notice:

  • (i) name:

  • (ii) contact address:

  • (iii) telephone number:

  • (iv) fax number (if any):

  • (v) email address (if any).

(1) A notice required by regulation 13(3)(a) (Notice of change to offer document) must—

• (a) state the date on which the Australian issuer notified (or should have notified) the Australian regulator of the change; and

• (b) be accompanied by a copy of the document as changed and with the changes marked.

(2) A notice required by regulation 13(3)(b) (Notice of change of address for service) must state—

• (a) the Australian issuer's new address for service; and

• (b) the date on which the change in the Australian issuer's address for service takes effect.

(3) A notice required by regulation 13(3)(c) (Notice of supplementary or replacement offer document) must—

• (a) state the date on which the Australian issuer filed (or should have filed) the supplementary or replacement offer document with the Australian regulator; and

• (b) be accompanied by a copy of the supplementary or replacement offer document.

(4) A notice required by regulation 13(3)(d) (Notice of change to constitutional document) must—

• (a) state the date on which the Australian issuer notified (or should have notified) the Australian regulator of the change; and

• (b) be accompanied by a copy of the document as changed with the changes marked.

(5) A notice required by regulation 13(3)(e) (Notice of grant of, amendment to, or revocation of, general exemption) must—

• (a) specify the general exemption; and

• (b) state whether it has been granted, amended, or revoked; and

• (c) state the date on which it was granted, amended, or revoked.

(6) A notice required by regulation 13(3)(f) (Notice of grant of, amendment to, or revocation of, specific exemption) must—

• (a) specify the exemption; and

• (b) in the case of the grant of, or amendment to, the exemption, be accompanied by a copy of the exemption or amended exemption (with the changes marked); and

• (c) state the date on which the exemption was granted, amended, or revoked.

(7) A notice required by regulation 13(3)(g) (Notice of enforcement action or exercise of power by Australian regulator) must—

• (a) state the date on which the enforcement action began or the power was exercised; and

• (b) give details of the nature of the enforcement action or the exercise of the power.

(1) A notice required by regulation 15 (Notice to Registrar of intention to make offer under Australian recognition scheme) must—

• (a) state that the New Zealand issuer intends to make an offer of securities in Australia under the Australian recognition scheme; and

• (b) be signed and dated by the New Zealand issuer or a person with authority to act on the New Zealand issuer's behalf; and

• (c) contain the information set out in subclause (2).

(2) Every notice required by regulation 15 must contain the following information:

• (a) the name of the New Zealand issuer:

• (b) the New Zealand issuer's registration number:

• (c) particulars of the securities to be offered:

• (d) the date on which the New Zealand issuer intends to make the offer:

• (e) the name of the person signing the notice on the New Zealand issuer's behalf:

• (f) the following details of the person completing the form:

  • (i) name:

  • (ii) contact address:

  • (iii) telephone number:

  • (iv) fax number (if any):

  • (v) email address (if any).