Consent - ISDA Provision

2002 ISDA Master Agreement

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consentincludes a consent, approval, action, authorisation, exemption, notice, filing, registration or exchange control consent.

Related agreements and comparisons

Click here for the text of Section consent in the 1992 ISDA
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Resources and Navigation

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Overview

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Summary

If you are the sort of person you wonders whether the word “consent” includes permission, approval, regulatory authorisation or other general expression of acquiesence, and especially if you conclude it might not, this is the clause for you.

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