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(b) two or more entities associated with the
foreign bank
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would, if they were one person, control the
Canadian entity.
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Deemed
control by
entity
associated
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(7) For the purposes of this Part, an entity
associated with a foreign bank is deemed to
control a Canadian entity if
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(a) the entity and the foreign bank, or
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(b) the entity and one or more other entities
associated with the foreign bank
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would, if they were one person, control the
Canadian entity.
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Person is a
major owner
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(8) For the purposes of this Part, a person,
other than a foreign bank or an entity
associated with a foreign bank,
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(a) is a major owner of an unincorporated
Canadian entity if the aggregate of any
ownership interests, however designated,
into which the unincorporated Canadian
entity is divided that are beneficially owned
by the person and that are beneficially
owned by any entities controlled by the
person is more than 35 per cent of all of the
ownership interests into which the
unincorporated Canadian entity is divided;
and
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(b) is a major owner of a Canadian entity
that is a body corporate if
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(i) the aggregate of the shares of any class
of voting shares of the Canadian entity
that are beneficially owned by the person
and that are beneficially owned by any
entities controlled by the person is more
than 20 per cent of the outstanding shares
of that class of voting shares of the
Canadian entity, or
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(ii) the aggregate of the shares of any
class of non-voting shares of the
Canadian entity that are beneficially
owned by the person and that are
beneficially owned by any entities
controlled by the person is more than 30
per cent of the outstanding shares of that
class of non-voting shares of the
Canadian entity.
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Foreign bank
a major owner
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(9) For the purposes of this Part, a foreign
bank
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(a) is a major owner of an unincorporated
Canadian entity if the aggregate of any
ownership interests, however designated,
into which the unincorporated Canadian
entity is divided that are beneficially owned
by the foreign bank and that are beneficially
owned by any entities associated with the
foreign bank is more than 35 per cent of all
of the ownership interests into which the
unincorporated Canadian entity is divided;
and
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(b) is a major owner of a Canadian entity
that is a body corporate if
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(i) the aggregate of the shares of any class
of voting shares of the Canadian entity
that are beneficially owned by the
foreign bank and that are beneficially
owned by any entities associated with the
foreign bank is more than 20 per cent of
the outstanding shares of that class of
voting shares of the Canadian entity, or
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(ii) the aggregate of the shares of any
class of non-voting shares of the
Canadian entity that are beneficially
owned by the foreign bank and that are
beneficially owned by any entities
associated with the foreign bank is more
than 30 per cent of the outstanding shares
of that class of non-voting shares of the
Canadian entity.
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Associated
entity a major
owner
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(10) For the purposes of this Part, an entity
associated with a foreign bank
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(a) is a major owner of an unincorporated
Canadian entity if the aggregate of any
ownership interests, however designated,
into which the unincorporated Canadian
entity is divided that are beneficially owned
by the entity associated with the foreign
bank, that are beneficially owned by the
foreign bank and that are beneficially
owned by any other entities associated with
the foreign bank is more than 35 per cent of
all of the ownership interests into which the
unincorporated Canadian entity is divided;
and
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(b) is a major owner of a Canadian entity
that is a body corporate if
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(i) the aggregate of the shares of any class
of voting shares of the Canadian entity
that are beneficially owned by the entity
associated with the foreign bank, that are
beneficially owned by the foreign bank
and that are beneficially owned by any
other entities associated with the foreign
bank is more than 20 per cent of the
outstanding shares of that class of voting
shares of the Canadian entity, or
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(ii) the aggregate of the shares of any
class of non-voting shares of the
Canadian entity that are beneficially
owned by the entity associated with the
foreign bank, that are beneficially owned
by the foreign bank and that are
beneficially owned by any other entities
associated with the foreign bank is more
than 30 per cent of the outstanding shares
of that class of non-voting shares of the
Canadian entity.
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Deemed
major
owner -
person
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(11) For the purposes of this Part, the
Minister may deem a person to be a major
owner of a Canadian entity if, in the opinion
of the Minister, it is reasonable to conclude
that under any agreement, commitment or
understanding, whether formal or informal,
verbal or written, the person is acting, jointly
or in concert, in relation to the shares or
ownership interests of the Canadian entity,
with one or more other persons such that, if
they were one person, they would be a major
owner of the Canadian entity.
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Deemed
major
owner -
foreign bank
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(12) For the purposes of this Part, the
Minister may deem a foreign bank to be a
major owner of a Canadian entity if, in the
opinion of the Minister, it is reasonable to
conclude that under any agreement,
commitment or understanding, whether
formal or informal, verbal or written,
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(a) the foreign bank is acting, jointly or in
concert, in relation to the shares or
ownership interests of the Canadian entity,
with one or more other persons such that, if
they were one person, they would be a
major owner of the Canadian entity; or
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(b) two or more persons are acting, jointly
or in concert in relation to the shares or
ownership interests of the Canadian entity
and in relation to the shares or ownership
interests of the foreign bank such that, if
they were one person, they would control
the foreign bank and be a major owner of the
Canadian entity.
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Deemed
major
owner -
entity
associated
with a foreign
bank
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(13) For the purposes of this Part, the
Minister may deem an entity associated with
a foreign bank to be a major owner of a
Canadian entity if, in the opinion of the
Minister, it is reasonable to conclude that
under any agreement, commitment or
understanding, whether formal or informal,
verbal or written, the entity associated with
the foreign bank is acting, jointly or in concert,
in relation to the shares and ownership
interests of the Canadian entity with one or
more other persons, such that, if they were one
person, they would be a major owner of the
Canadian entity.
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Member of
foreign bank's
group
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(14) For the purposes of this Part, a member
of a foreign bank's group is any of the
following:
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(a) an entity associated with the foreign
bank;
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(b) an entity in which the foreign bank or an
entity associated with the foreign bank
holds a substantial investment; and
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(c) a prescribed entity, in relation to the
foreign bank.
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Foreign bank
that has a
financial
establishment
in Canada
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(15) For the purposes of this Part, a foreign
bank has, or is deemed to have, a financial
establishment in Canada if the foreign bank or
any entity associated with the foreign bank
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(a) is an authorized foreign bank;
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(b) is a foreign insurance company;
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(c) is a foreign securities dealer, or a foreign
cooperative credit society, that has received
the approval of the Minister under
paragraph 522.22(1)(f) to engage in or to
carry on the business of dealing in securities
or the business of a cooperative credit
society; or
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(d) controls, or is a major owner of,
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(i) a Canadian entity referred to in any of
paragraphs 468(1)(a) to (i), or
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(ii) a Canadian entity that is a financial
services entity.
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Associated
entity that has
a financial
establishment
in Canada
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(16) For the purposes of this Part, an entity
associated with a foreign bank has, or is
deemed to have, a financial establishment in
Canada if the entity, the foreign bank or any
other entity associated with the foreign bank
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(a) is an authorized foreign bank;
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(b) is a foreign insurance company;
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(c) is a foreign securities dealer, or a foreign
cooperative credit society, that has received
the approval of the Minister under
paragraph 522.22(1)(f) to engage in or to
carry on the business of dealing in securities
or the business of a cooperative credit
society; or
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(d) controls, or is a major owner of,
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(i) a Canadian entity referred to in any of
paragraphs 468(1)(a) to (i), or
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(ii) a Canadian entity that is a financial
services entity.
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Regulations
concerning
exemption
from
associated
status
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(17) The Governor in Council may make
regulations
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(a) respecting the exemption, from the
application of any provision of this Act, of
any class or classes of entities associated
with a foreign bank from the status of being
associated with a foreign bank; and
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(b) authorizing the Minister, by order, and
subject to any terms and conditions that the
Minister considers appropriate, to deem, for
the purposes of any provision of this Act,
any entity not to be an entity associated with
a foreign bank.
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Revocation or
variation of
order
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(18) The Minister may, by further order,
revoke or vary any order referred to in
paragraph (17)(b) and any such revocation or
variation comes into effect three months after
the date the further order is made unless the
Minister and the entity to which the order
relates agree that the revocation or variation is
to take effect at some other time agreed to by
them.
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Publication
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(19) If the Minister makes an order referred
to in paragraph (17)(b) or subsection (18), the
Minister shall publish in the Canada Gazette
a notice of the making of the order.
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Designation
order
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508. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the
Minister may, by order, designate a foreign
bank to be a designated foreign bank for the
purposes of this Part if
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(a) the foreign bank is a bank according to
the laws of the jurisdiction under whose
laws it was incorporated or in any
jurisdiction in which it carries on business;
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(b) the foreign bank engages, directly or
indirectly, in the business of providing
financial services and employs, to identify
or describe its business, a name that
includes the word ``bank'', ``banque'',
``banking'' or ``bancaire'', either alone or in
combination with other words, or any word
or words in any language other than English
or French corresponding generally thereto;
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(c) the foreign bank, in the opinion of the
Minister, after consultation with the
Superintendent, is regulated as or like a
bank, according to the jurisdiction under
whose laws it was incorporated or in any
jurisdiction in which it carries on business;
or
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(d) the foreign bank is not a foreign bank
described in any of paragraphs (a) to (c) and
one of the following conditions is met:
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(i) subject to the regulations, the
following ratio, expressed as a
percentage, is equal to or greater than the
prescribed material percentage: the value
of the total assets of foreign banks
described in any of paragraphs (a) to (c)
that are associated with the foreign bank
to the value of the total assets of the
foreign bank and entities associated with
the foreign bank, or
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(ii) subject to the regulations, the
following ratio, expressed as a
percentage, is equal to or greater than the
prescribed material percentage: the value
of the total revenues of foreign banks
described in any of paragraphs (a) to (c)
that are associated with the foreign bank
to the value of the total revenues of the
foreign bank and entities associated with
the foreign bank.
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Restriction
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(2) The Minister may only make an order
under subsection (1) in respect of a foreign
bank described in any of paragraphs (1)(a) to
(c) if
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(a) the foreign bank or an entity controlled
by the foreign bank is or will be
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(i) engaging in or carrying on business in
Canada, other than holding, managing or
otherwise dealing with real property,
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(ii) maintaining a branch in Canada,
other than an office referred to in section
522,
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(iii) establishing, maintaining or
acquiring for use in Canada an automated
banking machine, a remote service unit
or a similar automated service, or, in
Canada, accepting data from such a
machine, unit or service other than in
circumstances described in section 511 or
512,
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(iv) acquiring or holding control of, or a
substantial investment in, a Canadian
entity, or
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(v) acquiring or holding any share or
ownership interest in a Canadian entity
and
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(A) an entity associated with the
foreign bank holds control of, or a
substantial investment in, the
Canadian entity, or
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(B) an entity associated with the
foreign bank and one or more other
entities associated with the foreign
bank would, if they were one person,
hold control of, or a substantial
investment in, the Canadian entity; or
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(b) the foreign bank is controlled by an
individual and
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(i) one of the following conditions is met:
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(A) subject to the regulations, the
following ratio, expressed as a
percentage, is equal to or greater than
the prescribed material percentage: the
value of the total assets of the foreign
bank and other foreign banks
described in any of paragraphs (1)(a)
to (c) that are associated with the
foreign bank to the value of the total
assets of the foreign bank and entities
associated with the foreign bank, or
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(B) subject to the regulations, the
following ratio, expressed as a
percentage, is equal to or greater than
the prescribed material percentage: the
value of the total revenues of the
foreign bank and other foreign banks
described in any of paragraphs (1)(a)
to (c) that are associated with the
foreign bank to the value of the total
revenues of the foreign bank and
entities associated with the foreign
bank, and
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(ii) an entity associated with the foreign
bank is or will be
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(A) engaging in or carrying on
business in Canada, other than
holding, managing or otherwise
dealing with real property,
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(B) maintaining a branch in Canada,
other than an office referred to in
section 522,
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(C) establishing, maintaining or
acquiring for use in Canada an
automated banking machine, a remote
service unit or a similar automated
service, or, in Canada, accepting data
from such a machine, unit or service
other than in circumstances described
in section 511 or 512, or
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(D) acquiring or holding control of, or
a substantial investment in, a Canadian
entity.
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Subsections
507(4) to (7)
do not apply
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(2.1) Subsections 507(4) to (7) do not apply
with respect to the making of any
determination relating to control or a
substantial investment for the purposes of
paragraph (2)(a).
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Deeming
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(3) A foreign bank that was designated
under subsection 521(1.06) as that subsection
read immediately before the coming into force
of this subsection and whose designation has
not been revoked is deemed to be the subject
of a designation order.
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Exemption
order
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509. (1) The Minister may, by order,
determine that this Part, other than this
section, sections 507 and 508, subsection
522.25(3), sections 522.26 and 522.28,
subsection 522.29(2) and section 522.3, does
not apply to a foreign bank.
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Restriction
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(2) No order may be made under subsection
(1) in respect of a designated foreign bank or
a foreign bank that is associated with a
designated foreign bank.
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Deemed order
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(3) An exemption order is deemed to have
been made on the coming into force of this
subsection in respect of a foreign bank if,
immediately before the coming into force of
this subsection, the foreign bank had received
consent under subsection 521(1), the consent
had not been revoked and the foreign bank or
an entity associated with it was not designated
under subsection 521(1.06), as those
subsections read immediately before the
coming into force of this subsection.
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Change in
circumstances
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(4) A foreign bank that is the subject of an
exemption order shall advise the Minister in
writing of any change in circumstances that
may affect its eligibility for a designation
order.
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Revocation of
order
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(5) An exemption order in respect of a
foreign bank is deemed to be revoked if the
foreign bank, or another foreign bank that is an
entity associated with the foreign bank, is a
designated foreign bank. The Minister may
revoke an exemption order in respect of a
foreign bank if the conditions for designation
set out in section 508 are met by the foreign
bank or by another foreign bank that is an
entity associated with the foreign bank.
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Effect of
exemption
order on
associated
entities
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(6) This Part, other than this section,
sections 507 and 508, subsection 522.25(3),
sections 522.26 and 522.28, subsection
522.29(2) and section 522.3, does not apply to
an entity associated with a foreign bank that is
the subject of an exemption order.
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Authorization
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(7) If an exemption order in respect of a
foreign bank is revoked or deemed to be
revoked under subsection (5), the Minister
may, by order, authorize the foreign bank and
any entity associated with it to continue to
hold control of, or a substantial investment in,
a Canadian entity that the foreign bank or the
entity associated with the foreign bank would
not otherwise be allowed to continue to hold
under Division 3 or 4 or to continue to engage
in any activities or to engage in or carry on any
business or to maintain a branch that the
foreign bank or the entity associated with the
foreign bank would not otherwise be allowed
to continue to engage in or carry on or
maintain under Division 3 or 4.
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