Securities Lawyer's Deskbook                          published by The University of Cincinnati College of Law

Rule 15Ca2-1 -- Application for Registration as a Government Securities Broker or Government Securities Dealer

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1. An application for registration, pursuant to Section 15C(a)(1)(A) of the Act, of a government securities broker or government securities dealer that is filed on or after January 25, 1993, shall be filed with the Central Registration Depository (operated by the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.) on Form BD in accordance with the instructions contained therein.

2. Every application or amendment filed pursuant to this section shall constitute a "report" filed with the Commission within the meaning of Sections 15, 15C, 17(a), 18, 32(a), and other applicable provisions of the Act.
   
   
3. Temporary re-filing instructions.
   
   
   1. Except as provided in paragraph (c)(3) of this section, every registered government securities broker or government securities dealer shall re-file with the Central Registration Depository, at the time the broker or dealer submits its first amendment on or after August 16, 1999 but, in any event, no later than December 15, 1999, the following information from its current Form BD:
      
      
      1. Question 8 (if answered "Yes," the broker-dealer must also complete relevant items in Section IV of Schedule D);
         
         
      2. Question 9 (if answered "Yes," the broker-dealer must also complete relevant items in Section IV of Schedule D);
         
         
      3. Question 10(a) (if answered "Yes," the broker-dealer must also complete relevant items in Section V of Schedule D);
         
         
      4. Question 10(b) (if answered "Yes," the broker-dealer must also complete relevant items in Section VI of Schedule D);
         
         
      5. Question 11 (if any item in Question 11 is answered "Yes," the broker- dealer must also complete the relevant DRP(s)); and
         
         
      6. Schedules A and B.
         
         
   2. Every registered government securities broker or dealer, at the time it re-files the information required by paragraph (c)(1) of this section, shall review, and amend as necessary, the information in Form BD that was transferred by the National Association of Securities Dealers to the Central Registration Depository prior to August 16, 1999.
      
      
   3. Every registered government securities broker or government securities dealer that has not completed the re-filing requirements provided in paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this section, during the period from August 16, 1999 to December 15, 1999, shall submit in paper format to the Central Registration Depository all Schedule E amendments to Form BD. A Schedule E filed pursuant to this paragraph (c)(3) shall not be deemed an "amendment" for purposes of paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this section.
      
      
   4. The Commission, by order, may exempt any broker or dealer from the filing requirements provided in Form BD and paragraphs (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(3) of this section under conditions that differ from the filing instructions contained in Form BD and paragraphs (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(3) of this section.
      
      

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