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Consolidated Newfoundland Regulation 1996 CONSOLIDATED Mortgage
Brokers Regulations Under the authority of section 13 of the Mortgage Brokers Act and the Subordinate Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, the Lieutenant‑Governor in Council makes the following regulations. REGULATIONS Analysis 1. Short title 2. Definitions 3. Application 4. Disclosure statement 5. Bonus 6. Registration exemptions 7. Actual amount" defined 8. Rate calculation described 9. Advertisements 10. Repeal Short title 1. These regulations may be cited as the Mortgage Brokers Regulations. 119/78 s1 Definitions 2. In this regulations (a) "Act" means the Mortgage Brokers Act; and (b) "securities underwriters" means a person, firm or company who has purchased from an issuer of a security, as the term "security" is defined in the Securities Act, the right to sell all or a part of that security or who sells the security for an issuer of it or who participates or who has a direct or indirect participation in the undertaking or is otherwise interested in the sale of the security of an issuer of it and includes a person, firm or company who acts as an agent of an issuer in the sale, placement, solicitation or other disposition of the security. Application 3. (1) An application for registration or renewal of registration as a mortgage broker shall be made to the registrar (a) where the applicant is a partnership or corporation in the form prescribed by the minister; or (b) where the applicant is a sole proprietor in the form prescribed by the minister. (2) A registration expires on November 30 in each year and shall be renewed annually. (3) A certificate of registration shall be in the form prescribed by the minister. 119/78 s3; 131/93 s1 Disclosure statement 4. A mortgage broker and mortgage lender shall furnish to a borrower at least 48 hours before the execution of a mortgage by a borrower a disclosure statement in the form prescribed by the minister and shall retain a signed copy in his or her files. 133/87 s1 Bonus 5. (1) A mortgage broker and mortgage lender shall not charge a bonus in excess of 1% of the principal amount of a mortgage plus $100. (2) In these regulations, "bonus" shall not include an application fee charged by a mortgage lender. 133/87 s2 Registration exemptions 6. The following shall be exempt from the registration provisions of the Act: (a) a lawyer acting in the ordinary course of his or her profession; (b) a real estate agent, licensed under the Real Estate Trading Act, acting in the ordinary course of his or her business; (c) a mortgage broker receiving less than $1,000 annually from the business of mortgage brokering; and (d) a securities underwriter. 119/78 s6; 133/87 s3 "Actual amount" defined 7. For the purpose of paragraph 8(a) of the Act, the term "actual amount" shall have the following meaning: (a) in the case of non‑revolving credit, the amount of money to be paid to the borrower or to be disbursed on his or her direction; (b) in the case of revolving credit, the maximum amount of money approved to be paid to the borrower or to be disbursed on his or her direction during the term of the agreement. 133/87 s4 Rate calculation described 8. The maximum annual effective rate of interest used in a disclosure statement established under section 4 shall be calculated as follows: assume a mortgage with a face value of $20,000 at an interest rate of 10% for a 5 year term the interest charge per year is $2,000 assume a bonus of $200 divide the bonus by 5 = $40 the average annual cost is $2,040 the maximum annual effective rate of interest is: the average annual cost x
100 or $2,040 x 100 119/78 s7 Advertisements 9. A mortgage broker shall, when advertising, indicate that he or she is a mortgage broker and the address of his or her place of business. 119/78 s7A Repeal 10. The Mortgage Brokers Regulations (No. 1), 1976,
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