s 16 Annual Regulatory Report on compliance with ongoing requirements
(1) Within three months after the end of each financial year, a body corporate that has been approved as a stock exchange, futures exchange or an exchange holding company shall prepare and submit to the Commission a regulatory report on the extent to which it has complied with the requirements under sections 11 and 21, and its rules, during the financial year. (2) The Commission shall forthwith send a copy of the regulatory report submitted under subsection (1) to the Minister. (3) For the purposes of subsection (1)— (a) where a stock exchange or a futures exchange is a subsidiary of an exchange holding company, the Commission may specify the entity that is required to submit a regulatory report; and (b) the Commission and the stock exchange, futures exchange or the exchange holding company, as the case may be, may determine between themselves the scope and content of the regulatory report. (4) Upon receipt of the regulatory report under subsection (1), the Commission may at any other time it thinks necessary— (a) conduct a regulatory audit of a body corporate that has been approved as a stock exchange, a futures exchange or an exchange holding company, as the case may be; (b) appoint any independent person to assist the Commission in a regulatory audit conducted under this subsection; and (c) charge the costs related to the conduct of the regulatory audit to the stock exchange, futures exchange or the exchange holding company, as the case may be. (5) The Commission shall as soon as practicable submit to the Minister a copy of the report of the regulatory audit conducted by the Commission under subsection (4). (6) For the purposes of this section— (a) “regulatory audit” refers to an audit on the extent to which a stock exchange, a futures exchange or an exchange holding company, as the case may be, has complied with its regulatory responsibilities, duties or functions under this Act, the rules and any securities laws; and (b) “regulatory report” is a report that is submitted under subsection (1).