2019-05-02
Draft Amendments to Policy Statement to Regulation 81-101 respecting Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure
Canadian securities regulators amended Policy Statement to Regulation 81-101 to align mutual fund prospectus disclosure requirements with the phased implementation of the Renewed System. The changes replace references to the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) with the Renewed System and clarify that documents transmitted electronically are not necessarily on the public record. These updates ensure consistent regulatory filing procedures across jurisdictions except Québec, as prescribed by Regulation 13-103 respecting System Replacement.

AMENDMENTS TO POLICY STATEMENT TO REGULATION 81-101 RESPECTING
MUTUAL FUND PROSPECTUS DISCLOSURE
- Section 2.5 of Policy Statement to Regulation 81-101 respecting Mutual Fund
Prospectus Disclosure is amended by replacing paragraph (1) with the following:
“(1) Section 2.3 of the Regulation distinguishes between documents that are required
by securities legislation to be "filed" with the securities regulatory authority or regulator and
those that must be "delivered" or "sent" to the securities regulatory authority or regulator.
Documents that are "filed" are on the public record. Documents that are "delivered" or "sent"
are not necessarily on the public record. Regulation 13-103 respecting System Replacement
(insert reference) prescribes that each document that is required or permitted to be provided
to a regulator, except in Québec, or securities regulatory authority must be transmitted to the
regulator, except in Québec, or securities regulatory authority electronically through the
[Renewed System].
The reference to a document includes any report, form, application, information,
material and notice, as well as a copy thereof, and applies to documents that are required or
permitted to be filed or deposited with, or delivered, furnished, sent, provided, submitted or
otherwise transmitted to, a regulator, except in Québec, or securities regulatory authority.
To reflect the phased implementation of the [Renewed System], the Appendix of
Regulation 13-103 respecting System Replacement sets out securities legislation under which
documents are excluded from being filed or delivered in the [Renewed System].
Reference to Regulation 13-103 respecting System Replacement should be made
when providing any document to a regulator, except in Québec, or securities regulatory
authority under the Regulation and this Policy Statement.”.
- Section 2.5.1 of the Policy Statement is amended:
(1) by replacing, in paragraph (2), the words “System for Electronic Document
Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR)” with the words “[Renewed System]”;
(2) by replacing, in paragraph (3), the word “SEDAR” with the words “[Renewed
System]”.