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Part 10 - Compliance

10.17 Gatekeeper Obligations with Respect to Electronic Trading

A Participant that has, under Rule 7.1, authorized an investment dealer to perform on its behalf the setting or adjusting of a specific risk management or supervisory control, policy or procedure or the provision of risk management or supervisory controls, policies and procedures to a third party shall forthwith report to the Market Regulator the fact that:
1. the written agreement with the investment dealer or third party has been terminated; or
2. the Participant knows or has reason to believe that the investment dealer or third party has failed to promptly remedy any deficiency identified by the Participant.

Defined Terms:

UMIR section 1.1 – “Market Regulator” and “Participant”.

Related Provisions:

UMIR sections 7.1(7) – (10) and UMIR Policy 7.1 Part 7.

There are no related bulletins available for this Rule.

Regulatory History:

On December 7, 2012, the applicable securities commissions approved an amendment, effective March 1, 2013, to add section 10.17. See IIROC Rules Notice 12-0363 - “Provisions Respecting Electronic Trading” (December 7, 2012).

Disciplinary History

There is no history log for this rule.

Part 1 - Definitions and Interpretation

1.1 Definitions

1.2 Interpretation

1.3 Transitional Provision

Part 2 - Abusive Trading

2.1 Specific Unacceptable Activities

2.2 Manipulative and Deceptive Activities

2.3 Improper Orders and Trades

Part 3 - Short Selling

3.1 Restrictions on Short Selling – Repealed

3.2 Prohibition on the Entry of Orders

Part 4 - Frontrunning

4.1 Frontrunning

Part 5 - Best Execution Obligation

5.1 Best Execution of Client Orders – Repealed

5.2 Best Price Obligation – Repealed

5.3 Client Priority

Part 6 - Order Entry and Exposure

6.1 Entry of Orders to a Marketplace

6.2 Designation and Identifiers

6.3 Exposure of Client Orders

6.4 Trades to be on a Marketplace

6.5 Minimum Size Requirements of Certain Orders Entered on a Marketplace

6.6 Provision of Price Improvement by a Dark Order

Part 7 - Trading in a Marketplace

7.1 Trading Supervision Obligations

7.2 Proficiency Obligations

7.3 Liability for Bids, Offers and Trades

7.4 Contract Record and Official Transaction Record

7.5 Recorded Prices

7.6 Cancelled Trades

7.7 Trading During Certain Securities Transactions

7.8 Restrictions on Trading During a Securities Exchange Take‑over Bid – Repealed

7.9 Trading in Listed or Quoted Securities or Derivatives by a Derivatives Market Maker

7.10 Extended Failed Trades

7.11 Variation and Cancellation and Correction of Trades

7.12 Inability to Rely on Marketplace Functionality

7.13 Direct Electronic Access and Routing Arrangements

7.14 Position limits for listed derivatives

Part 8 - Principal Trading

8.1 Client-Principal Trading

Part 9 - Trading Halts, Delays and Suspensions

9.1 Regulatory Halts, Delays and Suspensions of Trading

Part 10 - Compliance

10.1 Compliance Requirement

10.2 Investigations – Repealed

10.3 Extension of Responsibility – Repealed

10.4 Extension of Restrictions

10.5 Suspension or Restriction of Access

10.6 Exercise of Authority – Repealed

10.7 Assessment of Expenses – Repealed

10.8 Practice and Procedure – Repealed

10.9 Power of Market Integrity Officials

10.10 Report of Short Positions

10.11 Audit Trail Requirements

10.12 Retention of Records and Instructions

10.13 Exchange and Provision of Information by Market Regulators

10.14 Synchronization of Clocks

10.15 Assignment of Identifiers and Symbols

10.16 Gatekeeper Obligations of Directors, Officers and Employees of Participants and Access Persons

10.17 Gatekeeper Obligations with Respect to Electronic Trading

10.18 Gatekeeper Obligations with Respect to Access to Marketplaces

10.19 Reporting limits for listed derivatives

Part 11 - Administration of UMIR

11.1 General Exemptive Relief

11.2 General Prescriptive Power

11.3 Review or Appeal of Market Regulator Decisions

11.4 Method of Giving Notice

11.5 Computation of Time

11.6 Waiver of Notice

11.7 Omissions or Errors in Giving Notice

11.8 Transitional Provisions – Repealed

11.9 Non-Application of UMIR

11.10 Indemnification and Limited Liability of the Market Regulator

11.11 Status of UMIR and Policies