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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND INTERPRETIVE NOTICE
(additions are underscored and deletions are stricken through)

COMPLIANCE RULES

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Part 2 - RULES GOVERNING THE BUSINESS CONDUCT OF
MEMBERS REGISTERED WITH THE COMMISSION

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RULE 2-6. EXPELLED OR SUSPENDED MEMBER OR ASSOCIATE.

No Member or Associate No Person who has been expelled or suspended or is subject to a similar sanction that temporarily or permanently prohibits the person from NFA membership or association affiliation in any capacity with an NFA Member shall hold himself out as a Member in good standing of NFA, or as associated affiliated with a Member, as the case may be, during the suspension period during which the sanction is in effect. No Member or Associate shall conduct commodity futures business with a suspended Member or Associate during the period of suspension such a person during the period the sanction is in effect unless authorized by the Business Conduct Committee, Hearing Committee or the Appeals Committee.

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NFA Compliance Rule 2-6:
Conducting Commodity Futures Business
With an Expelled or Suspended Member or Associate

Interpretive Notice

In the last several years, NFA has encountered several instances where brokers, who have been barred from NFA membership as a result of an NFA disciplinary action, have continued to work at a Member firm. NFA Compliance Rule 2-6 provides that no Member or Associate shall conduct commodity futures business with a person who has been expelled or suspended or is subject to a similar sanction that temporarily or permanently prohibits the person from NFA membership or affiliation in any capacity with an NFA Member during the period the sanction is in effect unless authorized by the Business Conduct Committee, Hearing Committee or the Appeals Committee.

The purpose of this Rule is to address the problem described above. The phrase "commodity futures business", as used in Compliance Rule 2-6, means any and all activities performed by such persons on behalf of, and in connection with, an NFA Member's futures business. Therefore, a Member firm is prohibited from allowing a person who has been expelled or suspended or is subject to a similar sanction that temporarily or permanently prohibits the person from NFA membership or affiliation in any capacity with an NFA Member to perform any activities for or on its behalf regardless of whether such activities require registration or NFA membership. Member firms are also prohibited from having such persons acting for or on behalf of the firm in connection with its futures business, including as employees, consultants, independent contractors, agents or unpaid volunteers. Moreover, absent extraordinary circumstances, Member firms should not have such persons physically present in their offices.

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