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Financial System Review Act (S.C. 2012, c. 5)

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Assented to 2012-03-29

PART 11991, c. 46BANK ACT

Marginal note:1997, c. 15, s. 51

 Sections 452.1 and 453 of the Act are replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Renewal statement

452.1 If a bank makes a loan in respect of which the disclosure requirements of section 450 apply and the loan is secured by a mortgage on real property, the bank shall disclose to the borrower, at the prescribed time and place and in the prescribed form and manner, any information that is prescribed respecting the renewal of the loan.

Marginal note:Disclosure in advertising

453. No person shall authorize the publication, issue or appearance of any advertisement in Canada relating to arrangements referred to in subsection 452(3), loans, credit cards, payment cards or charge cards, offered to natural persons by a bank, and purporting to disclose prescribed information about the cost of borrowing or about any other matter unless the advertisement discloses prescribed information at the prescribed time and place and in the prescribed form and manner.

Marginal note:1997, c. 15, s. 51
  •  (1) The portion of paragraph 454(a) of the Act before subparagraph (i) is replaced by the following:

    • (a) respecting the time and place at which, and the form and manner in which, a bank is to disclose to a borrower

  • Marginal note:1997, c. 15, s. 51

    (2) Paragraph 454(f) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (f) respecting the time and place at which, and the form and manner in which, any rights, obligations, charges or penalties referred to in sections 449.1 to 453 are to be disclosed;

Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 122(1)

 Subsection 456(1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Information on contacting Agency
  • 456. (1) A bank shall, in accordance with the regulations, at the prescribed time and place and in the prescribed form and manner, provide a person requesting or receiving a product or service from it with prescribed information on how to contact the Agency if the person has a complaint about a deposit account, an arrangement referred to in subsection 452(3), a payment, credit or charge card, the disclosure of or manner of calculating the cost of borrowing in respect of a loan or about any other obligation of the bank under a consumer provision.

Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 123
  •  (1) The portion of subsection 458.1(1) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

    Marginal note:Cashing of government cheques
    • 458.1 (1) Subject to regulations made under subsection (2), a member bank shall, at any branch in Canada at which it, through a natural person, opens retail deposit accounts and disburses cash to customers, cash a cheque or other instrument for any individual, if

  • Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 123

    (2) Subsection 458.1(2) of the Act is amended by adding “and” at the end of paragraph (b), by striking out “and” at the end of paragraph (c) and by repealing paragraph (d).

Marginal note:2009, c. 2, s. 271
  •  (1) The portion of section 458.3 of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

    Marginal note:Regulations — activities

    458.3 The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting any matters involving a bank’s dealings, or its employees’, representatives’, agents’ or other intermediaries’ dealings, with customers or the public, including

  • Marginal note:2009, c. 2, s. 271

    (2) Paragraph 458.3(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (b) the time and place at which and the form and manner in which any of those activities are to be carried out or any of those services are to be provided.

Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 124(2); 2007, c. 6, s. 35

 Subsections 459.1(4.1) and (4.2) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Disclosure

    (4.1) A bank shall, in accordance with the regulations, disclose the prohibition on coercive tied selling set out in subsection (1) in a statement in plain language that is clear and concise, displayed and available to customers and the public at all of its branches where products or services are offered in Canada, on all of its websites through which products or services are offered in Canada and at all prescribed points of service in Canada.

  • Marginal note:Regulations

    (4.2) The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of subsection (4.1)

    • (a) respecting the time and place at which, and the form and manner in which, the prohibition on coercive tied selling set out in subsection (1) is to be disclosed, displayed and made available;

    • (b) defining “point of service”; and

    • (c) prescribing points of service.

Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 125

 Paragraphs 459.2(5)(a) and (b) of the Act are replaced by the following:

  • (a) the time and place at which and the form and manner in which notice shall be given under subsection (1), the persons to whom it shall be given and the information to be included, with those times, places, forms and manners being permitted to vary according to circumstances specified in the regulations;

  • (b) circumstances in which a member bank is not required to give notice under subsection (1), circumstances in which the Commissioner may exempt a member bank from the requirement to give notice under that subsection, and circumstances in which the Commissioner may vary the time and place at which and the form and manner in which notice is required to be given under any regulation made under paragraph (a); and

Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 125
  •  (1) Subsections 459.3(2) and (3) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Filing

      (2) A bank shall, at the prescribed time and place and in the prescribed form and manner, file a copy of the statement with the Commissioner.

    • Marginal note:Provision of statement to public

      (3) A bank shall, at the prescribed time and place and in the prescribed form and manner, disclose the statement to its customers and to the public.

  • Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 125

    (2) Paragraph 459.3(4)(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (a) the name, contents and form of the statement referred to in subsection (1) and the time within which, the place at which and the manner in which it must be prepared;

  • Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 125

    (3) Paragraphs 459.3(4)(c) and (d) of the Act are replaced by the following:

    • (c) the time and place at which and the form and manner in which a statement must be filed under subsection (2); and

    • (d) the time and place at which and the form and manner in which a statement mentioned in subsection (3) is to be disclosed, respectively, to a bank’s customers and to the public.

Marginal note:2007, c. 6, s. 37
  •  (1) Subparagraph 459.4(a)(iv) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (iv) any other matter that may affect their dealings, or their employees’, representatives’, agents’ or other intermediaries’ dealings, with customers or the public;

  • Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 125

    (2) Paragraph 459.4(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (b) the time and place at which, the form and manner in which and the persons to whom information is to be disclosed; and

Marginal note:2001, c. 9, s. 125

 Section 459.5 of the Act is replaced by the following:

Marginal note:Affiliates

459.5 A bank shall not enter into any arrangement or otherwise cooperate with any of its representatives, agents or other intermediaries, with any of its affiliates that is controlled by a bank or a bank holding company and that is a finance entity as defined in subsection 464(1) or other prescribed entity or with any of the representatives, agents or other intermediaries of such an affiliate, to sell or further the sale of a product or service of the bank or the affiliate unless

  • (a) the affiliate or the representative, agent or other intermediary of the bank or the affiliate, as the case may be, complies, with respect to the product or service, with the consumer provisions that apply to banks — other than section 455.1 — as if they were a bank, to the extent that those provisions are applicable to their activities; and

  • (b) the persons who request or receive the product or service have access to the bank’s procedures for dealing with complaints established under this Act.

Marginal note:2007, c. 6, s. 40(3)
  •  (1) Subsection 468(3.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Exception

      (3.1) Despite paragraph (3)(a), a bank may acquire control of, or acquire or increase a substantial investment in, any entity that acts as a trustee for a trust if the entity has been permitted under the laws of a province to act as a trustee for a trust and the following conditions are satisfied:

      • (a) the entity acts as a trustee only with respect to a closed-end fund or mutual fund entity; and

      • (b) if the entity engages in other business, that business is limited to engaging in one or more of the following:

        • (i) the activities of a mutual fund distribution entity,

        • (ii) any activity that a bank is permitted to engage in under paragraph 410(1)(c.2), and

        • (iii) the provision of investment counselling services and portfolio management services.

  • (2) Subsection 468(5) of the Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (b):

    • (b.1) acquire control of an entity referred to in paragraph (1)(j) if the bank is a bank with equity of two billion dollars or more and

      A + B > C

      where

      A
      is the value of the entity’s consolidated assets, as it would have been reported in the entity’s annual financial statements if those statements had been prepared immediately before the acquisition,
      B
      is the aggregate of the values of the consolidated assets of all other entities referred to in paragraph (1)(j) that the bank has acquired control of within the preceding 12 months, as the value for each entity would have been reported in its annual financial statements if those statements had been prepared immediately before the acquisition of control of that entity, and
      C
      is 10% of the value of the bank’s consolidated assets, as shown in the bank’s last annual statement that was prepared before its first acquisition of control of an entity referred to in paragraph (1)(j) within the preceding 12 months;
  • (3) Section 468 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (5):

    • Marginal note:Matters for consideration

      (5.1) In addition to any matters or conditions provided for in this Act that are relevant to the granting of an approval, the Minister may, in considering whether to grant the approval under paragraph (5)(b.1), take into account all matters that he or she considers relevant in the circumstances, including

      • (a) the stability of the financial system in Canada; and

      • (b) the best interests of the financial system in Canada.

  •  (1) Section 507 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (1):

    • Definition of “foreign bank”

      (1.1) For the purposes of this Part, “foreign bank” means a foreign bank as defined in section 2 but without regard to the portion of that definition after paragraph (g).

  • (2) Subsection 507(15) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (c), by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following after paragraph (d):

    • (e) is a subsidiary of a federal financial institution.

  • (3) Subsection 507(16) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (c), by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following after paragraph (d):

    • (e) is a subsidiary of a federal financial institution.

Marginal note:2007, c. 6, s. 59(3)

 Subsection 522.08(2.1) of the Act is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Exception

    (2.1) Despite paragraph (2)(a), a foreign bank or an entity associated with a foreign bank may acquire or hold control of, or acquire or increase a substantial investment in, any entity that acts as a trustee for a trust if the entity has been permitted under the laws of a province to act as a trustee for a trust and the following conditions are satisfied:

    • (a) the entity acts as a trustee only with respect to a closed-end fund or mutual fund entity; and

    • (b) if the entity engages in other business, that business is limited to engaging in one or more of the following:

      • (i) the activities of a mutual fund distribution entity,

      • (ii) any activity that a bank is permitted to engage in under paragraph 410(1)(c.2), and

      • (iii) the provision of investment counselling services and portfolio management services.

 Section 522.09 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (3):

  • Marginal note:Exception — subsidiary of federal financial institution

    (4) Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to a foreign bank — or an entity associated with a foreign bank — that is a subsidiary of a federal financial institution.

 Section 522.19 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (2):

  • Marginal note:Exception — subsidiary of federal financial institution

    (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a foreign bank — or an entity associated with a foreign bank — that is a subsidiary of a federal financial institution.

 Subsection 522.21(2) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (c), by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following after paragraph (d):

  • (e) is a subsidiary of a federal financial institution.

 Subsection 522.211(2) of the Act is amended by striking out “or” at the end of paragraph (c), by adding “or” at the end of paragraph (d) and by adding the following after paragraph (d):

  • (e) is a subsidiary of a federal financial institution.

Marginal note:1999, c. 28, s. 35(1)

 The portion of subsection 540(2) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

  • Marginal note:Requirements

    (2) If subsection 524(2) applies, the authorized foreign bank shall, in accordance with the regulations,

Marginal note:2007, c. 6, s. 85
  •  (1) The portion of subsection 545(4) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Notice before opening account or providing prescribed product

      (4) Before an authorized foreign bank opens a deposit account in Canada or provides in Canada any prescribed product that relates to a deposit, the authorized foreign bank shall, at the prescribed time and place and in the prescribed form and manner, give the person requesting the opening of the account or the provision of the product

  • Marginal note:2007, c. 6, s. 85

    (2) The portion of subsection 545(5) of the Act before paragraph (a) is replaced by the following:

    • Marginal note:Other notice

      (5) An authorized foreign bank shall, in accordance with the regulations,

  • Marginal note:1999, c. 28, s. 35(1)

    (3) Paragraph 545(6)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:

    • (b) prescribing the time and place at which and the form and manner in which notices referred to in subsection (4) are to be given and the other information to be contained in the notices; and

 

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