Pursuant to section 94 of the Financial Advisers Act 2008, and following the preparation of a draft revised Code of Professional Conduct for Authorised Financial Advisers by the Code Committee under section 87 of that Act and by the approval of that draft by the Financial Markets Authority under section 88 and the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs under section 92 of that Act, the Financial Markets Authority gives the following notice.

Notice

1. Title—This notice is the Financial Advisers (Code of Professional Conduct for Authorised Financial Advisers) Notice 2016.

2. Commencement—This notice comes into force on 1 December 2016.

3. Revocation—The Financial Advisers (Code of Professional Conduct for Authorised Financial Advisers) Notice 2014* is revoked.

4. Date on which the revised Code of Professional Conduct for Authorised Financial Advisers comes into force—All of the provisions of the revised Code of Professional Conduct for Authorised Financial Advisers come into force on 1 December 2016.

5. Availability—The revised Code of Professional Conduct for Authorised Financial Advisers can be viewed on the Code Committee website

www.financialadvisercode.govt.nz

or on the Financial Markets Authority website

fma.govt.nz/compliance/role/authorised-financial-advisers/your-on-going-obligations/code-of-professional-conduct/

or is available for viewing from the Financial Markets Authority, Level 2, 1 Grey Street, Wellington, or Level 5, Ernst & Young Building, 2 Takutai Square, Britomart, Auckland.

Dated at Auckland this 14th day of September 2016.

ROB EVERETT, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Markets Authority.

*New Zealand Gazette, 27 March 2014, No. 33, page 966