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APPROVALS UNDER THE PAYMENT SYSTEMS AND NETTING ACT 1998

Under the Payment Systems and Netting Act, the Reserve Bank has the power to grant approvals to real-time gross settlement (RTGS) systems and to multilateral netting arrangements. These approvals provide certain legal protections for transactions undertaken in such systems. This page provides links to current approvals and to the relevant media releases.

Approvals under Section 9: Approved RTGS systems
System Current Approval Date of Gazettal Previous Approval Media Release2
RITS 19 February 1999 3 March 1999 29 October 1998 1998-15
Austraclear 19 February 1999 3 March 1999 29 October 1998 1998-15
CHESS RTGS1 5 March 2004 11 March 2004 24 November 2000 2000-19
1. CHESS RTGS approval effective from date of gazettal
2. Media Releases relate to previous approvals.

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Approvals under Section 12: Approved multilateral netting arrangements
System
Current Approval
Previous Approval
Media Release
Austraclear (in Fallback mode)
16 November 1999
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1999-13
18 August 2004
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2004-07
18 August 2004
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2004-07
18 August 2004
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2004-07
HVCS (in Bypass mode)
18 August 2004
16 November 1999
2004-07
1 May 2007
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2007-06

 

 

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