Payment of levy by participants of market infrastructure on transaction basis
106.—(1)  This section applies where a notice under section 104(4) is given to a market infrastructure.
(2)  The market infrastructure must —
(a)during the period of collection specified in the notice, collect from each participant on whom the levy is imposed under the notice and in the manner specified in the notice, an amount equal to the levy so imposed;
(b)pay to the trustee of the resolution fund the total amount of the levy it is to collect from its participants by the date of payment specified in the notice; and
(c)together with the payment, give a notice to the trustee setting out how the amount of levy is arrived at and providing such other details as the trustee may reasonably require.
(3)  A market infrastructure does not incur any civil liability for doing anything with reasonable care and in good faith in compliance with subsection (2).
(4)  If a market infrastructure fails to comply with subsection (2)(b) —
(a)the trustee may, by notice in writing to the market infrastructure, impose on it such late payment fee as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 126; and
(b)the market infrastructure must pay to the trustee the late payment fee, together with the amount of the unpaid levy, on or before the date specified in the notice under paragraph (a), and in the manner specified in the notice.
(5)  A market infrastructure that —
(a)fails to comply with subsection (2)(c); or
(b)in purported compliance with that provision, provides to the trustee of the resolution fund any information that the market infrastructure knows or has reason to believe is false or misleading,
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $250,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $25,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(6)  The late payment fee under subsection (4) must not exceed the amount of the unpaid levy.
[Act 31 of 2017 wef 29/10/2018]