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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1975

PUBLIC LAW 94-29—JUNE 4, 1975

89 STAT. 103

" (F) When used with respect to a person exercising investment discretion with respect to an account; "(i) the Comptroller of the Currency, in the case of a national bank or a bank operating under the Code of Law for the District of Columbia; " (ii) The Board of Governors of the Federal Keserve System in the case of any other member bank of the Federal Reserve System; "(iii) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, in the case of any other bank the deposits of which are insured in accordance wuth the P'ederal Deposit Insurance Act; and "(iv) the Commission in the case of all other such persons. As used in this paragraph, the terms 'bank holding company' and 'subsidiary of a bank holding company' have the meanings given them in section 2 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956. 12 USC 1841. "(35) A person exercises 'investment discretion' with respect to an account if, directly or indirectly, such person (A) is authorized to determine what securities or other property shall be purchased or sold by or for the account, (B) makes decisions as to what securities or other property shall be purchased or sold by or for the account even though some other person may have responsibility for such investment decisions, or (C) otherwise exercises such influence with respect to the purchase and sale of securities or other property by or for the account as the Commission, by rule, determines, in the public interest or for the protection of investors, should be subject to the operation of the provisions of this title and the rules and regulations thereunder. "(36) A class of persons or markets is subject to 'equal regulation' if no member of the class has a competitive advantage over any other member thereof resulting from a disparity in their regulation under this title which the Commission determines is unfair and not necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the purposes of this title. "(37) The term 'records' means accounts, correspondence, memorandums, tapes, discs, papers, books, and other documents or transcribed information of any type, whether expressed in ordinary or machine language. "(38) The term 'market maker' means any specialist permitted to act as a dealer, any dealer acting in the capacity of block positioner, and any dealer who, with respect to a security, holds himself out (by entering quotations in an inter-dealer communications system or otherwise) as being willing to buy and sell such security for his own account on a regular or continuous basis. "(39) A person is subject to a 'statutory disqualification' with respect to membership or participation in, or association with a member of, a self-regulatory organization, if such person— "(A) has been and is expelled or suspended from membership or participation in, or barred or suspended from being associated with a member of, any self-regulatory organization; "(B) is subject to an order of the Commission denying, suspending for a period not exceeding twelve months, revoking his registration as a broker, dealer, or municipal securities dealer, or barring his being associated with a broker, dealer, or municipal securities dealer; "(C) by his conduct while associated with a broker, dealer, or municipal securities dealer, has been found to be a cause of any effective suspension, expulsion, or order of the character described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph, and in entering such a suspension, expulsion, or order, the Commission or any such self-regulatory organization shall have jurisdiction to find whether or not any person was a cause thereof;