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ASIC Corporations Serviced Apartment and Like Schemes Instrument 2016/869

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Summary

ASIC Corporations Instrument 2016/869 provides exemptions from financial services licensing, scheme registration, and share hawking prohibitions for operators of serviced apartment schemes and like schemes under the Corporations Act 2001. The instrument applies conditional relief including breach reporting obligations for operators, exemptions for real estate selling agents, and specific valuation requirements for strata schemes where strata units are acquired for at least $500,000. Transitional provisions cover schemes previously regulated under ASIC Class Orders CO 02/245, CO 02/303, CO 02/304, CO 07/189, and ASIC Pro Forma 186.

Why this matters

Serviced apartment operators currently relying on ASIC class order relief (CO 02/245, CO 02/303, CO 02/304, CO 07/189, or PF 186) should confirm their ongoing eligibility under this instrument's conditions, particularly the breach reporting requirements and any changes to valuation or compliance plan standards.

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ASIC Corporations Instrument 2016/869 grants relief from Australian financial services licensing, scheme registration requirements, and hawking prohibitions for operators of serviced apartment schemes and like schemes. Part 2 exempts management rights scheme operators from registration, licensing, and share hawking provisions subject to breach reporting conditions. Part 3 provides relief for registered schemes including property valuation and compliance plan modifications. Part 4 extends relief to strata schemes where all strata units are acquired for at least $500,000. Affected parties including serviced apartment operators, real estate selling agents, and strata scheme operators should review these exemptions to determine whether their current licensing and registration obligations are modified by this instrument.

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ASIC Corporations (Serviced Apartment and Like Schemes) Instrument 2016/869

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- Part 1—Preliminary
- 1 Name of legislative instrument
- 3 Authority
- 4 Definitions
- Part 2—Exemptions for management rights schemes
- 5 Exemption for operators from requirement to register the scheme, hold a financial services licence and the share hawking provisions
- 6 General conditions on operators other than promoter developers
- 7 Breach reporting condition for operators other than promoter developers
- 8 Exemption for a real estate (selling) agent from the requirement to hold an Australian financial services licence
- 9 Exemption for other persons from the prohibition on hawking
- 10 Procedures for transferring management rights
- Part 3—Relief for registered schemes
- 11 Valuation of property of registered serviced apartment schemes
- 12 Consequential modification of compliance plan requirements
- Part 4—Relief for strata schemes
- 13 Strata scheme where all strata units acquired for at least $500,000
- Part 5—Transitional
- 14 Schemes covered by ASIC Class Orders [CO 02/245], [CO 02/303] and [CO 02/304]
- 15 Schemes covered by ASIC Class Order [CO 07/189]
- 16 Schemes covered by ASIC Pro Forma 186
- Endnotes
- Endnote 1—About the endnotes
- Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
- Endnote 3—Legislation history
- Endnote 4—Amendment history

Named provisions

Part 1—Preliminary Part 2—Exemptions for management rights schemes Part 3—Relief for registered schemes Part 4—Relief for strata schemes Part 5—Transitional

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Classification

Agency
ASIC
Published
March 27th, 2026
Instrument
Rule
Branch
Executive
Legal weight
Binding
Stage
Final
Change scope
Substantive
Document ID
F2016L01476

Who this affects

Applies to
Financial advisers Investors Retailers
Industry sector
5231 Securities & Investments 5311 Real Estate
Activity scope
Financial services licensing exemptions Scheme registration relief Strata scheme relief
Threshold
Minimum $500,000 acquisition value for strata unit relief under Part 4
Geographic scope
Australia AU

Taxonomy

Primary area
Securities
Operational domain
Compliance
Topics
Consumer Finance Financial Services Real Estate

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