Australian Securities
and Investments Commission
Office address (inc courier deliveries):
Level 7, 120 Col ins Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000
Mail address for Melbourne office:
GPO Box 9827,
Brisbane QLD 4001
Tel: +61 1300 935 075
6 October 2020
Fax: +61 1300 729 000
www.asic.gov.au
Phillip Sweeney
By email only:
foi+request-6769-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Dear Mr Sweeney
Freedom of Information Request No. FOI 195-2020
Acknowledgement of Request
I refer to your request received by us on 1 October 2020 under the
Freedom of Information
Act 1982 (
FOI Act) in which you have sought information from the Australian Securities and
Investments Commission (
ASIC).
Your email seeks access to the following:
‘copies of correspondence, including phone logs, between the Member for Goldstein
to ASIC and between ASIC {including Joanna Bird} and the Member for Goldstein in
relation to NULIS Nominees (Australia) Ltd and/or the documents listed above and the
related occupational pension (superannuation) scheme.’
The documents referred to in your request are:
•
List of Deeds and related Enactment
o
Consolidated Deed of Variation of 6 May 1958
o
Deed of Variation 7 March 1961
o
Elder Smith & Co Provident Funds Act 1963 (SA)
o
Deed of Variation 3 August 1965
o
Deed of Variation 3 September 1970
o
Deed of Variation 28 August 1973
o
Deed of Variation 17 September 1973
o
Deed of Variation 20 November 1974
o
Deed of Variation 15 February 1977
•
Legal Opinion
o
Opinion by Finlaysons dated 26 November 1962
•
Covenant Regulation 30A (added by the Deed of Variation dated 20 November 1974)
provides a death benefit in the form of a survivorship pension to the widows of
qualifying male fund members.
2
As your request was received by ASIC on 1 October 2020 and the 30-day statutory period for
processing the request commenced on the day after the date of receipt, you should therefore
expect a decision to be made by 2 November 2020.
The 30-day processing period may be extended should ASIC find it is necessary to consult third
parties, where a charge is to be imposed on the processing of the request or for other reasons.
You will be advised if there are changes to the 30-day processing period.
Please note that any documents released to you under the FOI Act may later be published
online on the ASIC disclosure log in accordance with our obligation to do so under the Act.
This requirement to publish released documents is subject to certain exceptions for example,
personal or business information will not be published where it would be unreasonable.
If you have any questions or wish to discuss your request, please email me at
xxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx .
Yours faithfully,
Justin Frank
Lawyer, FOI & Privacy
(Authorised decision maker under section 23(1) of the FOI Act)
