Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsA person must not take part in, or carry out (whether directly or indirectly and whether in this jurisdiction or elsewhere):
(a) a transaction that has or is likely to have; or
(b) 2 or more transactions that have or are likely to have;
the effect of:
(c) creating an artificial price for trading in financial products on a financial market operated in this jurisdiction; or
(d) maintaining at a level that is artificial (whether or not it was previously artificial) a price for trading in financial products on a financial market operated in this jurisdiction.
Note 1: Failure to comply with this section is an offence (see subsection 1311(1)).
Note 2: This section is also a civil penalty provision (see section 1317E). For relief from liability to a civil penalty relating to this section, see section 1317S.