Department of Community Services

Rules

Yukon Securities Office

National Instruments

Please note that in accordance with section 5(1)(a) of Local Rule 11-802, the effective date in Yukon of each National Instrument is endorsed on the top right of each page. In the event that a CSA instrument contains a contradictory effective date (as certain CSA Instruments were published prior to Yukon adopting the MRRS/Passport systems), the endorsed date on the top right will be considered the true effective date of the Instrument.

11-101

Multilateral -Instrument     

REPEALED Sept 28, 2009

Principal Regulator System

REPEALED Sept 28, 2009

11-102

Multilateral Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Passport System (as amended by Local Rule 11-803)

Amendment to Multilateral Instrument Effective April 30, 2010

Amendment to Multilateral Instrument (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Implements, in the main areas of securities regulation, a system that gives a market participant access to the capital markets in multiple jurisdictions by dealing only with its principal regulator and meeting the requirements of one set of harmonized rules.

Companion Policy 11-102CP

Amendment to Companion Policy (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011 

13-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

NI 13-101 System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) (as amended by Local Rule 11-803)

Amendment to National Instrument (IFRS)
Effective January 1, 2011

Amendment to National Instrument (POS)
Effective January 1, 2011
 
Requires issuers to transmit certain documents to securities regulatory authorities in electronic format using the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval known as SEDAR.  Sets out certain requirements for filing on SEDAR.

SEDAR Filer Manual Version 8.3  

14-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Definitions
 
Amendment to National Instrument in effect April 30, 2010

Amendment (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011
21-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Marketplace Operation

Amendment to National Instrument Effective January 28, 2010

Amendment to National Instrument (IFRS)
Effective January 1, 2011

Regulates all securities marketplaces operating in Canada including exchanges, quotation and trade reporting systems and alternate trading systems.

Companion Policy 21-101CP

Amendment to Companion Policy in effect January 28, 2010

Form 21-101F1 Information Statement Exchange or Quotation and Trade Reporting System

Form 21-101F2 Initial Operation Report - Alternative Trading System

Form 21-101F3 Quarterly Report of Alternative Trading System Activities

Form 21-101F4 Cessation of Operations Report for Alternative Trading System

Form 21-101F5 Initial Form for Information Processor

Form 21-101F6 Cessation of Operations Report for Information Processor

23-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Trading Rules

Amendment Effective January 28, 2010 and February 1, 2011

Sets out common trading rules that apply to all trading whether on a marketplace or not.

Companion Policy 23-101CP

Amendment Effective January 28, 2010 and February 1, 2011

23-102

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

June 30, 2010

Use of Client Brokerage Commissions

Sets out requirements pertaining to brokerage transactions involving client brokerage commissions that are directed to a dealer in return for the provision of order execution goods and services or research goods and services.

24-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Institutional Trade Matching and Settlement

Amendment to National Instrument Effective July 1, 2010

Provides a general framework in provincial securities regulation for ensuring more efficient and timely settlement processing of trades, particularly institutional trades.

Companion Policy 24-101CP

Amendment to Companion Policy Effective July 1, 2010

Form 24-101F1 Registrant Exception Report of DAP/RAP Trade Reporting and Matching

Form 24-101F2 Clearing Agency Quarterly Operations Report of Institutional Trade Reporting and Matching 

Form 24-101F3 Matching Service Utility Notice of Operations 

Form 24-101F4 Matching Service Utility Notice of Cessation of Operations

Form 24-101F5 Matching Service Utility Quarterly Operations Report of Institutional Trade Reporting and Matching

31-101

National Instrument

REPEALED:
Sept 28, 2009

National Registration System

REPEALED:
Sept 28, 2009

31-102

Multilateral Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

National Registration Database

Requires that certain registration information, including applications for registration by individuals, be submitted to regulators electronically through the NRD.

Companion Policy 31-102CP

31-103

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

Sept 28, 2009

Registration Requirements and Exemptions

Amendment
to National Instrument (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Amendment to National Instrument Effective July 11, 2011

Registration requirements for firms and individuals who sell securities and exchange contracts, offer investment advice or manage investment funds.

Form 31-103F1 Calculation of Excess Working Capital

Form 31-103F2 Submission to Jurisdiction and Appointment of Agent for Service

Form 31-103F3 Use of Mobility Exemption

Companion Policy 31-103CP

Amendment to Companion Policy (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Remade Companion Policy 31-103CP Effective January 1, 2011

33-102

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Regulation of Certain Registrant Activities

Requires registrants to provide with disclosure about certain products and risks.

Companion Policy 33-102CP

33-105

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Underwriting Conflicts

Imposes requirements on distributions where the relationship between the selling security holder and the registrant acting as underwriter raises the possibility of a conflict between its own interests or those of the selling security holder, and those of investors.

Companion Policy 33-105CP

33-109

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Registration Information

Amendment to National Instrument (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Amendment to National Instrument Effective July 11, 2011

Consolidates and harmonizes requirements regarding initial submission of registration information and updating that information.

Companion Policy 33-109CP

Remade Companion Policy 33-109CP Effective July 11, 2011.

Form 33-109F1 - Notice of Termination

Form 33-109F2 - Change or Surrender of Individual Categories

Form 33-109F3 - Business Locations Other Than Head Office

Form 33-109F4 - Registration Information for an Individual

Form 33-109F5 - Change of Registration Information

Form 33-109F6 - Firm Registration

Form 33-109F7 Reinstatement of Registered Individuals and Permitted Individuals

34-202

Multilateral Policy

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Registrants Acting as Corporate Directors

Expresses the views of the CSA as to the potential for conflicts of interest arising if a registrant acts as a director of or advisor to a reporting issuer

35-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Conditional Exemption From Registration for United States Brokers-dealers and Agents

Provides U.S. broker-dealers and their agents with a conditional exemption from the applicable registration and prospectus requirements under Canadian securities legislation.

Companion Policy 35-101CP

Form 35-101F1 - Form of Submission to Jurisdiction and Appointment of Agent for Service of Process by Broker-Dealer

Form 35-101F2 - Form of Submission to Jurisdiction and Appointment of Agent for Service of Process by Agents of the Broker-Dealer

41-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

General Prospectus Requirements (as amended by Local Rule 11-803)

Amendment to Form 1 effective December 30, 2010

Amendment to National Instrument (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Creates a comprehensive, seamless and transparent set of national prospectus requirements for all issuers including investment funds, other than mutual funds filing a prospectus under NI 81-101.

Companion Policy 41-101CP
 
Amendment to Companion Policy (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Form 41-101F1 Information Required in a Prospectus

Form 41-101F2 Information Required in an Investment Fund Prospectus

Amendment to Form 41-101F2 effective June 30, 2010

43-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects

Remade National Instrument 43-101 - Effective June 30, 2011

Regulate all disclosure that an issuer makes concerning mineral projects that is reasonably likely to made available to the public.  Consolidates and expands National Policy Statements 2-A Guide for Engineers, Geologists and Prospectors Submitting Reports on Mining Properties to the Canadian Securities Administrators.

Companion Policy 43-101CP

Remade Companion Policy 43-101 - Effective June 30, 2011 

Form 43-101F1 Technical Report

44-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Short Form Prospectus Distributions

Amendment to National Instrument (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Prescribes conditions for the use of a short form prospectus to distribute securities to the public.  Replaces National Policy Statement 47 Prompt Offering Qualification System.

Companion Policy 44-101CP

Amendment to Companion Policy (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Form 44-101F1 Short Form Prospectus

CSA Notice 44-301 Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the New Prospectus Rules

Sets out frequently asked questions and answers respecting: NI 44-101 Short Form Prospectus Distributions, NI 44-102 Shelf Distributions, NI 44-103 Post-Receipt Pricing and OSC rule 41-501 General Prospectus Requirements.

44-102

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Shelf Distributions
 
Amendment to National Instrument (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Regulates Canadian shelf prospectus distributions.  Reformulates and replaces National Policy Statement 44 Rules for Shelf Prospectus Offerings and for Pricing Offerings after the Final Prospectus is Receipted ("NP44").

Companion Policy 44-102CP

44-103

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Post-Receipt Pricing

Regulates the Canadian post-receipt pricing regime.  Reformulates and replaces the provisions of NP44 relating to post-receipt pricing.

Companion Policy 44-103CP

45-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Rights Offerings
 
Sets out how an issuer may make rights offering to sell additional securities of its own issue to holders of its securities.

Companion Policy 45-101CP

Form 45-101F1

45-102

Multilateral Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Resale of Securities

Implements uniform first trade restrictions for securities acquired under registration and prospectus exemptions.

Companion Policy 45-102CP

Form 45-102F1

45-106

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Prospectus and Registration Exemptions

Amendment to National Instrument (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Sets out exemptions from the prospectus and registration requirements in the Act.

Companion Policy 45-106CP 

Amendment to Companion Policy (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Form 45-106F1 Report of Exempt Distributions

Form 45-106F2 Offering Memorandum for Non-Qualifying Issuers

Form 45-106F3 Offering Memorandum for Qualifying Issuers

Form 45-106F4 Risk Acknowledgement

Form 45-106F5 Risk Acknowledgement

51-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities

Amendment effective December 30, 2010

Sets out disclosure requirements for oil and gas issuers.

Companion Policy 51-101CP

Form 51-101F1- Statement of Reserves Data and Other Oil and Gas Information

Form 51-101F2- Report on Data by Independent Qualified Reserves Evaluator

Form 51-101F3- Report of Management and Directors on Oil and Gas Disclosure

List of professional organizations which supercedes the list in section 1.5(b)

51-102

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Continuous Disclosure Obligations

Amendment to National Instrument (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Harmonizes continuous disclosure (CD) requirements among Canadian jurisdictions, replaces most existing local CD requirements, enhances the consistency of disclosure in the primary and secondary securities markets, and facilities capital-raising initiatives such as an integrated disclosure system.

Companion Policy 51-102CP

Amendment to Companion Policy (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Form 51-102F1 Management's Discussion and Analysis

Form 51-102F2 Annual Information Form

Form 51-102F3 Material Change Report

Form 51-102F4 Business Acquisition Report

Form 51-102F5 Information Circular

Form 51-102F6 Statement of Executive Compensation

52-107

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Acceptable Accounting Principles, Auditing Standards and Reporting Currency

Amendment to National Instrument (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Sets out the accounting principles that issuers (other than investment funds) and registrants may use to prepare their financial statements.  Also sets out the auditing standards that may be applied to audit those financial statements.

Companion Policy 52-107CP

Amendment to Companion Policy (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

52-108

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Auditor Oversight

Requires an auditor's report that accompanies a reporting issuer's financial statements to be signed by a public accounting firm that is a member of the Canadian Public Accountability Board.

52-109

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Certification of Disclosure in Issuer's Annual and Interim Filings including Forms

Amendment to National Instrument (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Requires the CEO and CFO of an issuer to personally certify the issuer's annual and interim filings with respect to certain matters.

Companion Policy 52-109CP

Amendment to Companion Policy (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Form 52-109F1 - Certification of Annual Filings Full Certificate

Form 52-109FV1 - Certification of Annual Filings Venture Issuer Basic Certificate

Form 52-109F1-IPO/RTO - Certification of Annual Filings Following an Initial Public Offering, Reverse Takeover or Becoming a Non-Venture Issuer
 
Form 52-109F1R - Certification of Refiled Annual Filings

Form 52-109F1-AIF - Certification of Annual Filings in Connection With Voluntarily Filed AIF

Form 52-109F2 - Certification of Interim Filings Full Certificate

Form 52-109FV2 - Certification of Interim Filings Venture Issuer Basic Certificate

Form 52-109F2-IPO/RTO - Certification of Interim Filings Following an initial Public Offering, Reverse Takeover or Becoming a Non-Venture Issuer
 
Form 52-109F2R - Certification of Refiled Interim Filings

52-110

Multilateral Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Audit Committees

Amendment to Multilateral Instrument (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Requires reporting issuers to have audit committees which are responsible for overseeing the issuer's auditors, and other matters relating to the auditors.

Companion Policy 52-110 CP

Form 52-110F1 - Audit Committee Information Required in an AIF

Form 52-110F2 - Disclosure by Venture Issuers

54-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer

Amendment to National Instrument (IFRS) effective January 1, 2011

Requires reporting issuers to send proxy-related materials to the beneficial owners of its securities who are not registered holders of its securities.  Provides a procedure for sending proxy-related materials and other security holder material to the beneficial owners.  Imposes obligations on various parties in the security holder communication process.

Companion Policy 54-101CP

Form 54-101F1Explanation to Clients and Client Response Form

Form 54-101F2Request for Beneficial Ownership Information

Form 54-101F3Omnibus Proxy (Depositories)

Form 54-101F4Omnibus Proxies (Proximate Intermediaries)

Form 54-101F5Electronic NOBO List

Form 54-101F6Request for Voting Instructions made by Reporting Issuer

Form 54-101F7Request for Voting Instructions made by Intermediary

Form 54-101F8Legal Proxy

Form 54-101F9 - Undertaking

55-101

National Instrument

REPEALED:

April 30, 2010

Exemption from Insider Trading 
 

Companion Policy 55-101CP

55-102

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (SEDI) (as amended by Local Rule 11-803)

Requires insiders of SEDI issuers to file their reports on SEDI.  SEDI issuers are reporting issuers (other than mutual funds) that are required to file materials on SEDAR.

Companion Policy 55-102CP

Form 55-102F1Insider Profile

Form 55-102F2Insider Report

Form 55-102F3Issuer Profile Supplement

Form 55-102F4Issuer Event Report

Form 55-102F5SEDI User Registration Form

Form 55-102F6 – Insider Report (Instructions)

55-103

Multilateral Instrument

REPEALED:
April 30, 2010

Insider Reporting for Certain Derivative Transactions

REPEALED

55-104 National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

April 30, 2010
Insider Reporting Requirements and Exemptions

Sets out the main insider reporting requirements and exemptions from those requirements for insiders of reporting issuers.

Companion Policy 55-104CP
58-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices

Requires issuers to disclose the corporate governance practices that it has adopted.  Also requires issuers to file any written code that they have adopted.

Form 58-101F1Corporate Governance Disclosure

Form 58-101F2Corporate Governance Disclosure (Venture Issuer)

62-103

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Early Warning System & Related Take-over Bid & Inside Reporting Issues

Amendment effective April 30, 2010

Provides exemptions from the early warning requirements, the insider reporting requirement, and related provision to certain institutional investors that have a "passive intent" with respect to their ownership or control of securities of reporting issuers.

62-104

Multilateral Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids

Amendment to Multilateral Instrument (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Harmonizes and consolidates take-over and issuer bid regimes across the CSA Jurisdictions, other than Ontario.

Form 62-104F1 Take-Over Bid Circular

Form 62-104F2 Issuer Bid Circular

Form 62-104F3 Directors' Circular

Form 62-104F4 Director's or Officer's Circular

Form 62-104F5 Notice of Change or Notice of Variation

71-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

The Multijurisdictional Disclosure System

Reformulates the multi jurisdictional disclosure system, a joint initiative implemented in 1991 by the CSA and the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States to reduce duplicative regulation in cross-border offerings, issuer bids, take-over bids, business combinations and continuous disclosure and other filings.

Companion Policy 71-101CP

Form 71-101F1Form for Submission to Jurisdiction and Appointment of Agent

71-102

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Continuous Disclosure and Other Exemptions Relating to Foreign Issuers

Amendment to National Instrument (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

Provides relief from most of the requirements of NI 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations for certain foreign issuers.

Companion Policy 71-102CP

Amendment to Companion Policy (IFRS) Effective January 1, 2011

81-101

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008 

Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure

Amendment to National Insttrume Effective January 30, 2010

Amendment to National Instrument (POS) Effective January 1, 2011

Implements a new regulatory regime governing the disclosure provided by mutual funds in satisfaction of the prospectus requirements of securities legislation.  Requires the preparation and filing of a simplified prospectus and annual information form by all mutual funds in a prescribed form.

Companion Policy 81-101CP

Amendment to Companion Policy (POS) Effective January 1, 2011

Form 81-101F1 - Contents of Simplified Prospectus

Form 81-101F2 - Contents of Annual Information Form

Amendment to Form 2 effective June 30, 2010

Form 81-101F3 - Fund Facts Effective January 1, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

81-102

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Mutual Funds

Amendment to National Instrument (POS) Effective January 1, 2011

Regulates all publicly offered investment funds that give investors the right to redeem securities on demand, including specialized mutual funds such as labor sponsored investment funds and mortgage funds.

Companion Policy 81-102CP

Amendment to Companion Policy (POS) Effective January 1, 2011

81-104

Multilateral Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Commodity Pools

Sets out the rules that govern the operation of commodity pools.  Allows them to invest in commodities and use derivatives in ways not permitted for conventional mutual funds.

Companion Policy 81-104CP

81-105

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Mutual Funds Sales Practices

Imposes restrictions on certain sales and business practices followed by managers and principal distributors of publicly offered mutual funds, and registered dealers and their sales representatives who sell them.

Companion Policy 81-105CP

81-106

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure

Amendment to National Instrument (POS) Effective January 1, 2011

Sets out continuous disclosure obligations of investment funds.

Companion Policy 81-106CP

Amendment to Companion Policy (POS) Effective January 1, 2011

Form 81-106F1 - Contents of Annual and Interim Management Report of Fund Performance

81-107

National Instrument

Initially Effective in Yukon:

March 17, 2008

Independent Review Committee for Investment Funds (as amended by Local Rule 11-803)
 
An independent oversight regime for all publicly offered investment funds that is intended to improve investment fund governance.