Supervisory Information (Banks) Regulations

SOR/2001-59

Registration 30 January, 2001

BANK ACT

Supervisory Information (Banks) Regulations

P.C. 2001-140 30 January, 2001

Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Finance, pursuant to section 637^a and paragraph 668(a)^b of the Bank Act^c, hereby makes the annexed Supervisory Information (Banks) Regulations.

^a S.C. 1999, c. 28, s. 42(2)^b S.C. 1999, c. 28, s. 64(1)^c S.C. 1991, c. 46

SUPERVISORY INFORMATION (BANKS) REGULATIONS

PRESCRIBED SUPERVISORY INFORMATION

1. (1) For the purposes of section 637 of the Bank Act and these Regulations, prescribed supervisory information in respect of a bank is the following information or any component of that information:

(a) any rating assigned by the Superintendent to the bank to assess its financial condition and any other such rating that is substantially based on information obtained from the Superintendent;

(b) any stage of intervention assigned to the bank under the Guide to Intervention for Federal Financial Institutions;

(c) any order made in respect of the bank under subsection 485(3) of the Bank Act, any prudential agreement entered into by the bank under section 644.1 of that Act or any direction issued to it under section 645 of that Act;

(d) any report prepared by or at the request of the Superintendent or any recommendation made by the Superintendent as a result of an annual or special examination or other supervisory review of the bank, including any related correspondence to or from the directors or officers of the bank;

(e) any assessment by the Superintendent of the bank's compliance with the standards of sound business and financial practices established by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation; and

(f) any category in which the bank is classified under the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Differential Premiums By-law and any premium rate assigned to it and any annual premium determined for it under that By-law.

(2) For the purposes of section 637 of the Bank Act and these Regulations, prescribed supervisory information in respect of an affiliate of a bank is the supervisory information prescribed by

(a) the Supervisory Information (Authorized Foreign Banks) Regulations, if the affiliate is an authorized foreign bank to which the Bank Act applies;

(b) the Supervisory Information (Cooperative Credit Associations) Regulations, if the affiliate is an association to which the Cooperative Credit Associations Act applies;

(c) the Supervisory Information (Insurance Companies) Regulations, if the affiliate is a company, society, foreign company or provincial company to which the Insurance Companies Act applies;

(d) the Supervisory Information (Trust and Loan Companies) Regulations, if the affiliate is a company to which the Trust and Loan Companies Act applies;

(e) the Supervisory Information (Bank Holding Companies) Regulations, if the affiliate is a bank holding company to which the Bank Act applies; and

(f) the Supervisory Information (Insurance Holding Companies) Regulations, if the affiliate is an insurance holding company to which the Insurance Companies Act applies. SOR/2001-481, s. 1.

PROHIBITED DISCLOSURE

2. Subject to sections 3 and 4, a bank shall not, directly or indirectly, disclose prescribed supervisory information relating to it or to any of its affiliates.

LIMITED DISCLOSURE

3. A bank may disclose prescribed supervisory information referred to in section 2 to its affiliates or to its directors, officers, employees, auditors, securities underwriters or legal advisors, or to those of its affiliates, if the bank ensures that the information remains confidential.

4. A bank or any of its affiliates may disclose prescribed supervisory information referred to in paragraph 1(1)(c) if the bank or affiliate considers the information to contain a material fact or material change that is required by the securities laws of the relevant jurisdiction to be disclosed.

COMING INTO FORCE

5. These Regulations come into force on the day on which they are registered.