Following on from our post last year (ASIC’s industry funding model – the long and the short of it) on ASIC’s industry funding model, the ASIC Supervisory Cost Recovery Levy Bill 2017 passed through the Senate on 15 June 2017.
Under the industry funding model, those entities regulated by ASIC will now bear its costs as opposed to ordinary taxpayers. Further, ASIC expects that good conduct in the market will reduce supervisory expenses, thereby providing an incentive for regulatory compliance.
The passage of this legislation through the Senate provides not only certainty in terms of ongoing resource allocation for ASIC but also greater transparency through the publication of ASIC’s expenditure and subsequent accountability for its performance and regulatory priorities.
The regulatory framework for the operation of the funding model will be released ahead of it taking effect on 1 July 2017.
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