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Part 11 - Administration of UMIR

11.1 General Exemptive Relief

A Market Regulator may exempt a specific transaction from the application of a provision of UMIR, if in the opinion of the Market Regulator, the provision of such exemption:
1. would not be contrary to the provisions of any applicable securities legislation and the regulation and rules thereunder;
2. would not be prejudicial to the public interest or to the maintenance of a fair and orderly market; and
3. is warranted after due consideration of the circumstances of the particular person or transaction.
A Market Regulator may, upon approval by the applicable securities regulatory authority, exempt a marketplace or a class of transactions from the application of a provision of UMIR.
The Market Regulator shall amend UMIR to reflect any exemption provided under subsection (2).

Defined Terms:

NI 14-101 section 1.1(3) – “securities legislation” and “securities regulatory authority”

UMIR section 1.1 – “Market Regulator”, “marketplace” and “UMIR”

UMIR section 1.2(2) – “person”

Exemption Applications Relating to IIROC Rules

October 14, 2021

Exemptions Granted by IIROC in 2020

Exemptions Granted by IIROC in 2018

Obtaining a Trading Exemption or Rule Interpretation

August 28, 2015

Regulatory History:

In connection with the recognition of IIROC and its adoption of UMIR, the applicable securities commissions approved amendments to make editorial changes. See Footnote 1 in Status of Amendments.

Effective December 9, 2013, the applicable securities commissions approved amendments to the French version of UMIR. See IIROC Notice 13-0294 - “Rules Notice – Notice of Approval and Implementation – Amendments to the French version of UMIR” (December 9, 2013).

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3.1 Restrictions on Short Selling – Repealed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5.1 Best Execution of Client Orders – Repealed

5.2 Best Price Obligation – Repealed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

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