Notices of Hearing & Temporary Orders

DONALD P. CURRIE [Sec. 161]

BCSECCOM #:
Document Type:
Sec. 161
Published Date:
1998-11-20
Effective Date:
1998-11-10
Details:


COR#98/265

IN THE MATTER OF THE SECURITIES ACT
R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 418

AND

IN THE MATTER OF DONALD P. CURRIE

Order Under Section 161

WHEREAS on October 27, 1998, under section 161 of the Securities Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 418, the Executive Director gave notice to Donald Patrick Currie of a hearing to be held on October 30, 1998, before the British Columbia Securities Commission to determine whether it is in the public interest to make certain orders under the Act against Currie including, an order under section 161(1)(a)(ii) of the Act that Currie comply with the requirement to produce documents referred to in a Summons to Attend Before a Commission Investigator issued on June 23, 1998;

AND WHEREAS at the hearing on October 30, 1998, Currie consented to certain orders being made against him in this matter;

NOW THEREFORE on October 30, 1998, the Commission, considering it necessary and in the public interest to do so, and by consent, ordered:

1. under section 161(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, that Currie comply with the requirement to produce documents referred to in the above noted Summons on or by November 23, 1998;

2. under section 161(1)(c) of the Act, that any or all of the exemptions in sections 44 to 47, 74, 75, 98 or 99 of the Act do not apply to Currie until such time as the requirement to produce documents referred to in the Summons is complied with to the satisfaction of the Executive Director and until the Commission so orders otherwise;

3. under section 161(1)(d) of the Act, that Currie is prohibited from acting as a director or officer of any issuer until such time as the requirement to produce documents referred to in the Summons is complied with to the satisfaction of the Executive Director and until the Commission so orders otherwise, except that Currie may act as a director of the companies referred to in the Summons for the purposes of gathering and producing the documents sought in the Summons;

4. under section 161(1)(e) of the Act, Currie is prohibited from engaging in investor relations activities until such time as the requirement to produce documents referred to in the Summons is complied with to the satisfaction of the Executive Director and until the Commission so orders otherwise; and

5. under section 174 of the Act, Currie pay prescribed fees or charges for the costs of or related to the Hearing.

DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, on November 10, 1998.







Joyce C. Maykut, Q.CJoan Brockman
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