2022-11-24
The Minister of Finance of Québec approved amendments to Regulation 45-102 respecting Resale of Securities on November 7, 2022. The regulation introduces the Listed Issuer Financing Exemption by inserting section 5A.2 into Appendix E of the existing rules. These changes came into force upon publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec on November 23, 2022.
Part 2 GAZETTE OFFICIELLE DU QUÉBEC, November 23, 2022, Vol. 154, No. 47 3879 2 7. A mutual fund dealer registered in Québec on December 31, 2022 becomes, without further formality and as of 1 January 2023, a member of the organization specified in section 9.2 of Regulation 31-103 respecting Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations (chapter V-1.1, r. 10). 8. This Regulation comes into force on 1 January 2023. 106036 M.O., 2022-12 Order number V-1.1-2022-12 of the Minister of Finance dated 7 November 2022 Securities Act (chapter V-1.1) Concerning t he Reg u lat ion t o a me nd Regulation 45-102 respecting Resale of Securities Whereas paragraph 1 of section 331.1 of the Securities Act (chapter V-1.1) provides that the Autorité des marchés financiers may make regulations concerning the matters referred to in that paragraph; Whereas the third and fourth paragraphs of section 331.2 of the said Act provide that a draft regulation shall be published in the Bulletin de l’Autorité des marchés financiers, accompanied with the notice required under section 10 of the Regulations Act (chapter R-18.1) and may not be submitted for approval or be made before 30 days have elapsed since its publication; Whereas the first and fifth paragraphs of the said section provide that every regulation made under section 331.1 must be approved, with or without amendment, by the Minister of Finance and comes into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date specified in the regulation; Whereas the Regulation 45-102 respecting Resale of Securities was approved by ministerial order no. 2005-21 dated 12 August 2005 (2005, G.O. 2, 3648); Whereas there is cause to amend this Regulation; Whereas the draft Regulation to amend Regulation 45-102 respecting Resale of Securities was published for consultation in the Bulletin de l’Autorité des marchés financiers, vol. 18, no. 30 of 29 July 2021; Whereas the Autorité des marchés financiers made, on 14 October 2022, by the decision no. 2022-PDG-0043, Regulation to amend Regulation 45-102 respecting Resale of Securities; Whereas there is cause to approve this Regulation with amendment; Consequently, the Minister of Finance approves with amendment the Regulation to amend Regulation 45-102 respecting Resale of Securities appended hereto. 7 November 2022 Eric Girard Minister of Finance © Éditeur officiel du Québec, 2022
3880 GAZETTE OFFICIELLE DU QUÉBEC, November 23, 2022, Vol. 154, No. 47 Part 2 REGULATION TO AMEND REGULATION 45-102 RESPECTING RESALE OF SECURITIES Securities Act (chapter V-1.1, s. 331.1, par. (1))