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Australian Securities
and Investments Commission
Office address (inc courier deliveries):
Level 5, 100 Market Street,
Sydney NSW 2000
Mail address for Sydney office:
GPO Box 9827,
Brisbane QLD 4001
Tel: +61 1300 935 075
Discretionary Payments Team
Fax: +61 1300 729 000
Risk & Claims Branch
www.asic.gov.au
Department of Finance
26 May 2021
By email: xxx@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Sir / Madam,
ACT OF GRACE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY s22(1)(a)(ii)
ON BEHALF OF
INVESTORS IN SFSGLOBAL PTY LTD
1. ASIC refers to applications for act of grace payments submitted to the
Department of Finance (
Finance) by s22(1)(a)(ii) (
Applications) relating
to SFSGlobal Pty Ltd (
SFSGlobal).
2. ASIC notes the following correspondence:
a. ASIC’s submission dated 7 December 2020 in response to the
Applications (
December Submission);
b. s22(1)(a)(ii) Letter dated 3 February 2021 (
February s22(1)(a)(ii)
Letter);
c. ASIC’s further submission in response to questions from Finance
dated 4 March 2021 (
4 March Submission) which was supported
by a chronology;
d. ASIC’s further submission dated 18 March 2021 in response to the
February s22(1)(a)(ii) Letter (
18 March Submission); and
e. s22(1)(a)(ii) Letter dated 22 April 2021 (
April s22(1)(a)(ii)
Letter).
3. The purpose of this letter is for ASIC to respond to the April s22(1)(a)(ii)
Letter.
ASIC’S RESPONSE
4. ASIC thanks Finance for the opportunity to comment on the April
s22(1)(a)(ii) Letter and submits that:
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a. the matters raised in the April s22(1)(a)(ii) Letter have been
addressed by ASIC in its previous submissions; and
b. the April s22(1)(a)(ii) Letter does not raise any new information
which supports the existence of special circumstances which
would warrant an act of grace payment under subsection 65(1)
of the
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act
2013 (Cth).
5. ASIC otherwise makes no further comments in response to the April
s22(1)(a)(ii) Letter.
Yours faithfully,
s22(1)(a)(ii)
Senior Lawyer, Chief Legal Office
Australian Securities and Investments Commission