Amendments to OSC Rule 33-506 (Commodity Futures Act) Registration
Amendments to OSC Rule 33-506 (Commodity Futures Act) Registration
AMENDMENTS TO ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION RULE 33-506
(COMMODITY FUTURES ACT) REGISTRATION INFORMATION
1. Ontario Securities Commission Rule 33-506 (Commodity Futures Act) Registration Information is amended by this Instrument.
2. Subparagraph 2.3(2)(c)(i) is amended by replacing "Item 13.3(c)" with "Item 13.3(a)".
3. Schedule B to Form 33-506F2 is amended
(a) under the heading "New Brunswick" by replacing "Director of Securities" with "Registration",
(b) under the heading "Nunavut" by replacing "Deputy Registrar of Securities" with "Superintendent of Securities", and
(c) under the heading "Prince Edward Island" by replacing "Deputy Registrar of Securities" with "Superintendent of Securities".
4. Schedule A to Form 33-506F3 is amended
(a) under the heading "New Brunswick" by replacing "Director of Securities" with "Registration",
(b) under the heading "Nunavut" by replacing "Deputy Registrar of Securities" with "Superintendent of Securities", and
(c) under the heading "Prince Edward Island" by replacing "Deputy Registrar of Securities" with "Superintendent of Securities".
5. Form 33-506F4 is amended
(a) in the "General Instructions" by replacing "regulators(s) or in Québec," with "regulator(s) or, in Québec,", and
(b) in Item 22 under the heading "Individual" and under the heading "Authorized partner or officer of the firm", by replacing "regulator, or in Québec" with "regulator or, in Québec,".
6. Schedule C to Form 33-506F4 is amended under the heading "Individual categories and permitted activities" by adding "as described in paragraph (c) of the definition of "permitted individual" in section 1.1 of OSC Rule 33-506 (Commodity Futures Act) Registration Information" after "Permitted Individual".
7. Schedule O to Form 33-506F4 is amended
(a) under the heading "New Brunswick" by replacing "Director of Securities" with "Registration",
(b) under the heading "Nunavut" by replacing "Deputy Registrar of Securities" with "Superintendent of Securities", and
(c) under the heading "Prince Edward Island" by replacing "Deputy Registrar of Securities" with "Superintendent of Securities".
8. Schedule A to Form 33-506F5 is amended
(a) under the heading "New Brunswick" by replacing "Director of Securities" with "Registration",
(b) under the heading "Nunavut" by replacing "Deputy Registrar of Securities" with "Superintendent of Securities", and
(c) under the heading "Prince Edward Island" by replacing "Deputy Registrar of Securities" with "Superintendent of Securities".
9. Section 4.2 of Form 33-506F6 is amended by adding "(other than those exemptions with respect to which the firm has already notified the securities regulator or, in Québec, the securities regulatory authority in accordance with the applicable exemption)" after "trade or advise in securities or derivatives".
10. Schedule A to Form 33-506F6 is amended
(a) under the heading "New Brunswick" by replacing "Director of Securities" with "Registration",
(b) under the heading "Nunavut" by replacing "Deputy Registrar of Securities" with "Superintendent of Securities", and
(c) under the heading "Prince Edward Island" by replacing "Deputy Registrar of Securities" with "Superintendent of Securities".
11. Schedule C to Form 33-506F6 is amended
(a) in the column entitled "Component" in Line 10 of the table by adding "or, in Québec, for a firm registered only in that jurisdiction and solely in the category of mutual fund dealer, less the deductible under the liability insurance required under section 193 of the Québec Securities Regulation" after "National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations",
(b) in subparagraph (a)(i) of Schedule 1 by replacing "Aaa or AAA by Moody's Canada Inc. or its DRO affiliate, or Standard & Poor's Rating Services (Canada) or its DRO affiliate, respectively" with "Aaa or AAA, or the short-term ratings equivalent of either of those ratings, by a designated rating organization or its DRO affiliate", and
(c) in paragraph (d) of Schedule 1 by replacing "Investment Companies Act of 1940" with "Investment Company Act of 1940".
12. Form 33-506F7 is amended
(a) in the "General Instructions" by replacing "regulator(s) or in Québec," with "regulator(s) or, in Québec,",
(b) in section 2 of the "General Instructions" and in section 1 of Item 9 by replacing "Item 13.3(c)" with "Item 13.3(a)", and
(c) in Item 12 under the heading "Individual" and under the heading "Authorized partner or officer of the new sponsoring firm", by replacing "regulator, or in Québec" with "regulator or, in Québec,".
13. Schedule B to Form 33-506F7 is amended under the heading "Individual categories and permitted activities" by adding "as described in paragraph (c) of the definition of "permitted individual" in section 1.1 of OSC Rule 33-506 (Commodity Futures Act) Registration Information" after "Permitted Individual".
14. Schedule F to Form 33-506F7 is amended
(a) under the heading "New Brunswick" by replacing "Director of Securities" with "Registration",
(b) under the heading "Nunavut" by replacing "Deputy Registrar of Securities" with "Superintendent of Securities", and
(c) under the heading "Prince Edward Island" by replacing "Deputy Registrar of Securities" with "Superintendent of Securities".
Coming into force
15. This Instrument comes into force on December 4, 2017.