Media Release Financial Corporations Act 1974

Number 2001-14

Date 4 July 2001

The Governor of the Reserve Bank has the powers under the Financial Corporations Act 1974 relating to:

categorisation of registered corporations; and
exemption of corporations from the application of the Act.

Attached to this Media Release are copies of orders made under the abovementioned powers. Complete lists of registered corporations by category and exempt corporations as at 30 June 2001 are available on the Reserve Bank web site at www.rba.gov.au.

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Financial Corporations Act 1974
VARIATION OF LIST OF REGISTERED CORPORATIONS

I, I.J. Macfarlane, GOVERNOR OF THE RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, pursuant to Subsection 10(2) of the Financial Corporations Act 1974, hereby make the following variation to the list of registered corporations as published in the Reserve Bank of Australia Media Release No: 2000-12 of 5 July 2000, No: 2000-16 of 6 October 2000 and No: 2001-01 of 8 January 2001 and No: 2001-08 of 4 April 2001:

(a) Include in Category D (Money Market Corporations)

Sumitomo Mitsui Finance Australia Limited, N.S.W.

(b) Omit from Category D (Money Market Corporations)

Sumitomo International Finance Australia Limited, N.S.W.

(c) Include in Category E (Pastoral Finance Companies)

Wesfarmers Landmark, W.A.

(d) Omit from Category E (Pastoral Finance Companies)

Wesfarmers Dalgety Limited, W.A.

(e) Include in Category F (Finance Companies)

CIT Financial (Australia) Limited, N.S.W.

(f) Include in Category G (General Financiers)

Commercial BT Pty Limited, Victoria
Fortis Clearing Sydney Pty Ltd, N.S.W.
GE Mortgage Solutions Limited, Victoria
Homepath Pty Limited, N.S.W.
Oce-Australia Finance Pty Ltd, Victoria
Secure Australia II Limited, A.C.T.
Service Finance Corporation Ltd, W.A.

(g) Omit from Category G (General Financiers)

GEFF Ltd, Victoria

(h) Include in Category I (Intra Group Financiers)

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Finance (Australia) Pty Ltd, Victoria
Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings (Australia) Pty Ltd, N.S.W.
CKI Transmission Finance (Australia) Pty Ltd, A.C.T.
ETSA Utilities Finance Pty Ltd, A.C.T.
HEI Transmission Finance (Australia) Pty Ltd, A.C.T.
Hong Kong Electric International Finance (Australia) Pty Ltd, Victoria

Dated 4 July 2001

I.J. Macfarlane
Governor
Reserve Bank of Australia

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Financial Corporations Act 1974
ORDER FOR THE PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPH 8(2)(L)

I, I.J. Macfarlane, GOVERNOR OF THE RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, pursuant to Subsection 8(2)(l) of the Financial Corporations Act 1974, hereby:

(a) Revoke the exemption of the following corporations:

American Express International, Inc.