Part 11 - Administration of UMIR

11.1 General Exemptive Relief

    Rule
    1. A Market Regulator may exempt a specific transaction from the application of a provision of UMIR, if in the opinion of the Market Regulator, the provision of such exemption:
      1. would not be contrary to the provisions of any applicable securities legislation and the regulation and rules thereunder;
      2. would not be prejudicial to the public interest or to the maintenance of a fair and orderly market; and
      3. is warranted after due consideration of the circumstances of the particular person or transaction.
    2. A Market Regulator may, upon approval by the applicable securities regulatory authority, exempt a marketplace or a class of transactions from the application of a provision of UMIR.
    3. The Market Regulator shall amend UMIR to reflect any exemption provided under subsection (2).

    Defined Terms:

    NI 14-101 section 1.1(3) – “securities legislation” and “securities regulatory authority”

    UMIR section 1.1 – “Market Regulator”, “marketplace” and “UMIR”

    UMIR section 1.2(2) – “person”

    Bulletins
    Rule History

    Regulatory History:

    In connection with the recognition of IIROC and its adoption of UMIR, the applicable securities commissions approved amendments to make editorial changes. See Footnote 1 in Status of Amendments.

    Effective December 9, 2013, the applicable securities commissions approved amendments to the French version of UMIR. See IIROC Notice 13-0294 - “Rules Notice – Notice of Approval and Implementation – Amendments to the French version of UMIR” (December 9, 2013).

    Disciplinary History

    There is no history log for this rule.

    Part 1 - Definitions and Interpretation
    1.1 Definitions
    1.2 Interpretation
    1.3 Transitional Provision
    Part 2 - Abusive Trading
    2.1 Specific Unacceptable Activities
    2.2 Manipulative and Deceptive Activities
    2.3 Improper Orders and Trades
    Part 3 - Short Selling
    3.1 Restrictions on Short Selling – Repealed
    3.2 Prohibition on the Entry of Orders
    3.3 Reasonable expectation to settle prior to the entry of an order for a short sale
    3.4 Short Selling after a Reportable Extended Failed Trade
    Part 4 - Frontrunning
    4.1 Frontrunning
    Part 5 - Best Execution Obligation
    5.1 Best Execution of Client Orders – Repealed
    5.2 Best Price Obligation – Repealed
    5.3 Client Priority
    Part 6 - Order Entry and Exposure
    6.1 Entry of Orders to a Marketplace
    6.2 Designation and Identifiers
    6.3 Exposure of Client Orders
    6.4 Trades to be on a Marketplace
    6.5 Minimum Size Requirements of Certain Orders Entered on a Marketplace
    6.6 Provision of Price Improvement by a Dark Order
    Part 7 - Trading in a Marketplace
    7.1 Trading Supervision Obligations
    7.2 Proficiency Obligations
    7.3 Liability for Bids, Offers and Trades
    7.4 Contract Record and Official Transaction Record
    7.5 Recorded Prices
    7.6 Cancelled Trades
    7.7 Trading During Certain Securities Transactions
    7.8 Restrictions on Trading During a Securities Exchange Take‑over Bid – Repealed
    7.9 Trading in Listed or Quoted Securities or Derivatives by a Derivatives Market Maker
    7.10 Extended Failed Trades
    7.11 Variation and Cancellation and Correction of Trades
    7.12 Inability to Rely on Marketplace Functionality
    7.13 Direct Electronic Access and Routing Arrangements
    7.14 Position limits for listed derivatives
    Part 8 - Principal Trading
    8.1 Client-Principal Trading
    Part 9 - Trading Halts, Delays and Suspensions
    9.1 Regulatory Halts, Delays and Suspensions of Trading
    Part 10 - Compliance
    10.1 Compliance Requirement
    10.2 Investigations – Repealed
    10.3 Extension of Responsibility – Repealed
    10.4 Extension of Restrictions
    10.5 Suspension or Restriction of Access
    10.6 Exercise of Authority – Repealed
    10.7 Assessment of Expenses – Repealed
    10.8 Practice and Procedure – Repealed
    10.9 Power of Market Integrity Officials
    10.10 Report of Short Positions
    10.11 Audit Trail Requirements
    10.12 Retention of Records and Instructions
    10.13 Exchange and Provision of Information by Market Regulators
    10.14 Synchronization of Clocks
    10.15 Assignment of Identifiers and Symbols
    10.16 Gatekeeper Obligations of Directors, Officers and Employees of Participants and Access Persons
    10.17 Gatekeeper Obligations with Respect to Electronic Trading
    10.18 Gatekeeper Obligations with Respect to Access to Marketplaces
    10.19 Reporting limits for listed derivatives
    Part 11 - Administration of UMIR
    11.1 General Exemptive Relief
    11.2 General Prescriptive Power
    11.3 Review or Appeal of Market Regulator Decisions
    11.4 Method of Giving Notice
    11.5 Computation of Time
    11.6 Waiver of Notice
    11.7 Omissions or Errors in Giving Notice
    11.8 Transitional Provisions – Repealed
    11.9 Non-Application of UMIR
    11.10 Indemnification and Limited Liability of the Market Regulator
    11.11 Status of UMIR and Policies

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