Regulation Impact Statement – Department of the Treasury
On 24 November 2016, the Government introduced the Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced Funding) Bill 2016. The Bill establishes a regulatory framework to facilitate crowd-sourced funding by small, unlisted public companies. The crowd-sourced funding (CSF) regime includes:
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eligibility requirements for a company to fundraise via CSF, including disclosure requirements for CSF offers;
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obligations of a CSF intermediary in facilitating CSF offers;
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the process for making CSF offers;
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rules relating to defective disclosure as part of a CSF offer;
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investor protection provisions; and