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ASIC cuts 5 years from litigation funding relief date
The corporate watchdog has confirmed a new date with regards to relief relating to litigation funding schemes, which is five years less than what was originally proposed.
Emma Musgrave
As per an ASIC announcement, ASIC Corporations (Amendment) Instrument 2021/116 (amending instrument) has amended the ASIC Corporations (Litigation Funding Schemes) Instrument 2020/787 (primary instrument) by changing the sunset date of the primary instrument.
“The primary instrument commenced on 22 August 2020 and provided exemptions from certain provisions in Chapters 5C and 7 of the Corporations Act 2001 for litigation funding schemes. The relief was provided to facilitate the implementation of the (then) new regulatory framework for litigation funding schemes,” the statement explained.
Upon revising the matter further, ASIC formed the view that it was “preferable” to amend the term of duration from 10 years to five years.
Its reasons for doing so are as follows:
- Concerns with the original term of the primary instrument raised by the Senate standing committee for the scrutiny of delegated legislation, which assesses all legislative instruments subject to disallowance, disapproval or affirmative resolution by the Senate.
- The overlap between the matters addressed by the primary instrument and the recommendations in the final report of the parliamentary joint committee inquiry into litigation funding and the regulation of the class action industry (December 2020), which the government is yet to respond to.
“ASIC will continue to monitor and if necessary, further modify the primary instrument to ensure that it is operating effectively and consistently with the policy intent of the legislative framework applicable to litigation funding schemes.”
Emma Musgrave
Emma Musgrave (née Ryan) is the managing editor, professional services at Momentum Media.
Emma has worked for Momentum Media since 2015, including five years spent as the editor of the company's legal brand - Lawyers Weekly. Throughout her time at Momentum, she has been responsible for breaking some of the biggest stories in corporate Australia. In addition, she has produced exclusive multimedia and event content related to the company's respective brands and audiences.
Prior to joining Momentum Media, Emma worked in breakfast radio, delivering news to the Central West region of NSW, before taking on a radio journalist role at Southern Cross Austereo, based in Townsville, North Queensland.
She holds a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) degree from Charles Sturt University.
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