6 August 2012    
 
Mr Greg Medcraft
Chairman
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
GPO Box 9827
SYDNEY  NSW  2001
Dear Mr Medcraft
I write in reference to trustee companies and their voluntary transfer of estate assets and liabilities under Chapter 5D of the Corporations Act 2001.
I note that for ASIC to make a transfer determination for the transfer of trustee company estate assets and liabilities, Ministerial consent is required for the transfer, unless it has determined that consent is not required.
Accordingly, I have decided that my consent is not required for all voluntary transfers of estate assets and liabilities between companies within the same corporate group (an intra-group transfer) and voluntary transfers between unrelated companies (an arm’s length transfer).
Yours sincerely
BILL SHORTEN