An Act to amend the law governing financial institutions and to provide for related and consequential matters (S.C. 2007, c. 6)
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Assented to 2007-03-29
363. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 434:
Registered Products
Marginal note:Disclosure required concerning registered products
434.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a company shall not open an account that is or forms part of a registered product in the name of a customer, or enter into an agreement with a customer for a prescribed product or service that is or forms part of a registered product, unless the company provides, in the prescribed manner, to the individual requesting the account or the prescribed product or service
(a) information about all charges applicable to the registered product;
(b) information about how the customer will be notified of any increase in those charges and of any new charges applicable to the registered product;
(c) information about the company’s procedures relating to complaints about the application of any charge applicable to the registered product; and
(d) any other information that may be prescribed.
Marginal note:Regulations
(2) The Governor in Council may make regulations specifying the circumstances under which a company need not provide the information.
Definition of “registered product”
(3) In this section, “registered product” means a product that is defined to be a registered product by the regulations.
364. Section 441 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):
Marginal note:How procedures to be made available
(3) A company shall make its procedures established under paragraph (1)(a) available
(a) in the form of a brochure, at its branches where products or services are offered in Canada;
(b) on its websites through which products or services are offered in Canada; and
(c) in written format to be sent to any person who requests them.
Marginal note:Information on contacting Agency
(4) A company shall also make prescribed information on how to contact the Agency available whenever it makes its procedures established under paragraph (1)(a) available under subsection (3).
365. The Act is amended by adding the following before section 443:
Marginal note:Charges for prescribed products or services
442.1 A company shall not, directly or indirectly, charge or receive any sum for the provision of any prescribed products or services unless the charge is made by express agreement between it and a customer or by order of a court.
366. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 443:
Marginal note:Regulations respecting the holding of funds
443.1 The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the maximum period during which a company may hold funds in respect of specified classes of cheques or other instruments that are deposited into an account at a branch or prescribed point of service in Canada before permitting the customer in whose name the account is kept to access the funds.
Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 548
367. (1) Subsection 444.1(1) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Avis de fermeture de bureau
444.1 (1) Sous réserve des règlements pris en vertu du paragraphe (5), la société membre qui a au Canada un bureau dans lequel elle ouvre des comptes de dépôt de détail et procède à la sortie de fonds pour ses clients par l’intermédiaire d’une personne physique donne un préavis — conforme à ces règlements — de la fermeture du bureau ou de la cessation de l’une ou l’autre de ces activités.
Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 548
(2) Subsection 444.1(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Pre-closure meeting
(2) After notice is given but before the branch is closed or ceases to carry on the activities, the Commissioner shall, in prescribed situations, require the company to convene and hold a meeting between representatives of the company, representatives of the Agency and interested parties in the vicinity of the branch in order to exchange views about the closing or cessation of activities, including, but not limited to, alternative service delivery by the company and measures to help the branch’s customers adjust to the closing or cessation of activities.
Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 548
368. Subparagraph 444.3(a)(iv) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(iv) any other matter that may affect their dealings, or their employees’ or representatives’ dealings, with customers or the public;
369. Subsection 449(1) of the Act is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:
“closed-end fund”
« fonds d’investissement à capital fixe »
“closed-end fund” means an entity whose activities are limited to investing the funds of the entity so as to provide investment diversification and professional investment management to the holders of its securities, and whose securities are
(a) fixed in number and distributed to the public in an offering under a preliminary prospectus, prospectus, short-form prospectus or similar document in accordance with the laws of a province or a foreign jurisdiction;
(b) traded on an exchange or an over-the-counter market; and
(c) liquidated on a fixed future termination date, the proceeds of which are allocated to the holders of the securities on a proportional basis.
370. Section 451 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (5):
Marginal note:Application of other provision
(6) Despite having acquired control of, or a substantial investment in, an entity under a particular provision of this Part, a company may continue to control the entity or hold the substantial investment in the entity as though it had made the acquisition under another provision of this Part so long as the conditions of that other provision are met.
Marginal note:Timing of deemed acquisition
(7) If a company decides to exercise its right under subsection (6), the company is deemed to be acquiring the control or the substantial investment under the other provision.
Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 550
371. (1) The portion of subsection 453(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:
Marginal note:Permitted investments
453. (1) Subject to subsections (4) to (6) and Part XI, a company may acquire control of, or acquire or increase a substantial investment in,
Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 550
(2) Paragraph 453(1)(j) of the French version of the Act is replaced by the following:
j) une entité qui est constituée en personne morale ou formée et réglementée autrement que sous le régime d’une loi fédérale ou provinciale et qui exerce principalement, à l’étranger, des activités commerciales qui, au Canada, seraient des opérations bancaires, l’activité d’une société coopérative de crédit, des opérations d’assurance, la prestation de services fiduciaires ou le commerce de valeurs mobilières.
Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 550
(3) Paragraph 453(2)(e) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(e) engaging in the activities referred to in the definition “closed-end fund”, “mutual fund distribution entity” or “mutual fund entity” in subsection 449(1); and
(4) Section 453 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (3):
Marginal note:Exception
(3.1) Despite paragraph (3)(d), a company may acquire control of, or acquire or increase a substantial investment in, any entity that acts as a trustee of a trust if the entity has been authorized under the laws of a province to act as a trustee of a trust and the entity is
(a) a closed-end fund;
(b) a mutual fund entity; or
(c) an entity whose business is limited to engaging in one or more of the following:
(i) the activities of a mutual fund distribution entity,
(ii) any activity that a company is permitted to engage in under paragraph 410(1)(d.1), and
(iii) the provision of investment counselling services and portfolio management services.
Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 550
(5) Paragraphs 453(4)(b) and (c) of the French version of the Act are replaced by the following:
b) s’agissant d’une entité dont l’activité commerciale comporte une activité visée à l’alinéa (2)a) et qui exerce, dans le cadre de son activité commerciale, des activités d’intermédiaire financier comportant des risques importants de crédit ou de marché, notamment une entité s’occupant d’affacturage, une entité s’occupant de crédit-bail ou une entité s’occupant de financement, elle ne peut le faire que si :
(i) soit elle la contrôle ou en acquiert de la sorte le contrôle, au sens de l’alinéa 3(1)d),
(ii) soit elle est autorisée par règlement pris en vertu de l’alinéa 459a) à acquérir ou augmenter l’intérêt;
c) s’agissant d’une entité dont l’activité commerciale comporte une activité visée à l’alinéa (2)b), y compris une entité s’occupant de financement spécial, elle ne peut le faire que si :
(i) soit elle la contrôle ou en acquiert de la sorte le contrôle, au sens de l’alinéa 3(1)d),
(ii) soit elle est autorisée par règlement pris en vertu de l’alinéa 459a) à acquérir ou à augmenter l’intérêt,
(iii) soit, sous réserve des modalités éventuellement fixées par règlement, les activités de l’entité ne comportent pas l’acquisition ou la détention du contrôle d’une entité visée aux alinéas a) ou b) ou d’une entité qui n’est pas une entité admissible, ni d’actions ou de titres de participation dans celle-ci.
Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 550
(6) Paragraph 453(5)(d) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(d) acquire control of, or acquire or increase a substantial investment in, an entity that engages in Canada in an activity described in paragraph 410(1)(c);
(d.1) acquire control of, or acquire or increase a substantial investment in, an entity that engages in an activity described in paragraph 410(1)(c.1); or
Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 550
(7) Paragraph 453(7)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(a) the company is acquiring control of an entity, other than a specialized financing entity, and the only reason for which the company would, but for this subsection, require approval for the acquisition is that the entity carries on activities referred to in paragraph (2)(b);
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