T-11.002 - Act respecting the transfer of securities and the establishment of security entitlements

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4. The provisions of this Act are applicable to a clearing agency only to the extent that they do not conflict with the rules adopted by the clearing agency governing legal relationships between the clearing agency and its participants or between participants in the clearing agency. Those rules are effective even if they affect the rights and obligations of a person who does not consent to them.
In this Act, clearing agency means any person that carries on activities of a clearing agency or clearing house within the meaning of the Derivatives Act (chapter I-14.01), the Securities Act (chapter V-1.1) or the securities regulatory law of another province or a territory in Canada, that is recognized by the Autorité des marchés financiers and that is a securities and derivatives clearing house for the purposes of section 13.1 of the Payment Clearing and Settlement Act (S.C. 1996, c. 6, Appendix) or operates a clearing and settlement system designated under Part I of that Act.
Except for the purposes of the first paragraph, “clearing agency” also means a person that, without being recognized as a clearing agency or clearing house by the Autorité des marchés financiers, is nonetheless recognized as such by the equivalent authority of another province or a territory in Canada and meets the other conditions set out in the second paragraph.
2008, c. 20, s. 4; 2008, c. 24, s. 226.
4. The provisions of this Act are applicable to a clearing agency only to the extent that they do not conflict with the rules adopted by the clearing agency governing legal relationships between the clearing agency and its participants or between participants in the clearing agency. Those rules are effective even if they affect the rights and obligations of a person who does not consent to them.
In this Act, clearing agency means any person that carries on activities of a clearing agency or clearing house within the meaning of the Securities Act (chapter V-1.1) or the securities regulatory law of another province or a territory in Canada, that is authorized to carry on such activities by the Autorité des marchés financiers and that is a securities and derivatives clearing house for the purposes of section 13.1 of the Payment Clearing and Settlement Act (Statutes of Canada, 1996, chapter 6, Appendix) or operates a clearing and settlement system designated under Part I of that Act.
Except for the purposes of the first paragraph, “clearing agency” also means a person that, without being authorized by the Autorité des marchés financiers to carry on activities of a clearing agency or clearing house, is nonetheless recognized as such by the equivalent authority of another province or a territory in Canada and meets the other conditions set out in the second paragraph.
2008, c. 20, s. 4.