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Instruments and class orders

Instruments	Class orders
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What are instruments?

We issue an instrument to:

exempt a person(s) from certain provisions of the Corporations Act 2001 or other Acts administered by us
modify or clarify the operation of certain provisions
make declarations about a person(s) who is subject to a particular provision.

Class orders are also instruments. (More about class orders)

Instruments are numbered in order of their issue each year. For example, 02/736 was the 736th instrument published in 2002.

Getting copies of instruments

Instruments issued after 1 July 2001 — see the online ASIC Gazette.
Instruments issued before 1 July 2001 — you can view paper versions of the ASIC Gazette in libraries participating in the Library Deposit Scheme, ie National Library of Australia, State Libraries and publicly funded universities.

Only instruments that are publicly available are published in the ASIC Gazette.

What are class orders?

Class orders are instruments that have a wider application.

They usually apply to a class of persons who carry out a particular activity in certain circumstances, eg timeshare scheme operators, corporations conducting market research, operators of managed investment schemes based on syndicate arrangements etc.

When we refer to class orders, to help differentiate them from other instruments, we use the prefix 'CO' before their number. For example, instrument 03/67 is a class order, and is referred to as [CO 03/67].

Getting copies of class orders

For class orders issued before 2001:

Try our road map first - a topic index of our regulatory documents and class orders
for one-off copies, contact our Infoline by emailing infoline@asic.gov.au or phone 1300 300 630, or
see the ASIC Gazette on this website or in libraries participating in the Library Deposit Scheme.

You can get a fully consolidated collection of current and superseded class orders by subscribing to the ASIC Digest. Class orders are also published in our specialist publications for industry professionals. You can also subscribe to our Policy Alert service, which notifies you of new or changed policy documents (including class orders).
For more information visit the website of our publisher Thomson .

ASIC Website: Printed 09/06/2008

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