Order Approving Amendment to Regulation 81-106 Respecting Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure

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Order number V-1.1-2025-04 of the Minister of Finance dated 16 January 2025 Securities Act (chapter V-1.1) CONCER NI NG the Reg ulation to amend Regulation 81-106 respecting Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure WHEREAS paragraphs 1, 6 and 14 of section 331.1 of the Securities Act (chapter V-1.1) provide that the Autorité des marchés financiers may make regulations concerning the matters referred to in those paragraphs; 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 amend￾ment, 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 81-106 respecting Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure was approved by ministerial order no. 2005-05 dated 19 May 2005 (2005, G.O. 2, 1601); WHEREAS there is cause to amend this Regulation; WHEREAS the draft regulation to amend Regulation 81-106 respecting Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure was published for consultation in the Bulletin de l’Autorité des marchés financiers, vol. 19, no. 3 of 27 January 2022; WHEREAS the Autorité des marchés financiers made, on 7 January 2025, by the decision no. 2025-PDG￾0001, Regulation to amend Regulation 81-106 respecting Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure; WHEREAS there is cause to approve this Regulation without amendment; CONSEQUENTLY, the Minister of Finance approves without amendment the Regulation to amend Regulation 81-106 respecting Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure appended hereto. January 16, 2025 ERIC GIRARD Minister of Finance

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REGULATION TO AMEND REGULATION 81-106 RESPECTING INVESTMENT FUND CONTINUOUS DISCLOSURE Securities Act (chapter V-1.1, s. 331.1, par. (1), (6) and (14))

1. Section 9.2 of Regulation 81-106 respecting Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure
   (chapter V-1.1, r. 42) is replaced with the following:
   “9.2. Requirement to File Annual Information Form (1) An investment fund must file an annual information form if the investment fund has not obtained a receipt for a prospectus during the last 12 months preceding its financial year end. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an investment fund in continuous distribution that, during the 12 months preceding its financial year end, filed (a) an ETF facts document under section 3D.1 of Regulation 41-101 respecting General Prospectus Requirements (chapter V-1.1, r. 14), or (b) a fund facts document under subsection 2.3(5.2) of Regulation 81-101 respecting Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure (chapter V-1.1, r. 38).”.
2. (1) This Regulation comes into force on 3 March 2025.
   (2) In Saskatchewan, despite paragraph (1), if this Regulation is filed with the Registrar of Regulations after 3 March 2025, this Regulation come into force on the day on which it is filed with the Registrar of Regulations. 107248 ♦ ♦ ♦