THE CORPORATIONS LAW

CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTORY

PART 1.2 - INTERPRETATION

Division 7 - Interpretation of other expressions

SECTION 57A   MEANING OF ``CORPORATION''  

57A(1)  [``corporation'']  

Subject to this section, in this Law, ``corporation'' includes:

(a)  any body corporate, whether incorporated in this jurisdiction or elsewhere; and

(b)  a company; and

(c)  a recognised company; and

(d)  an unincorporated body that:

(i) is formed outside this jurisdiction; and

(ii) under the law of its place of formation, may sue or be sued, or may hold property in the name of its secretary or of an officer of the body duly appointed for that purpose; and

(iii) does not have its head office or principal place of business in this jurisdiction.

57A(2)  [Exceptions]  

Neither of the following is a corporation :

(a)  an exempt public authority;

(b)  a corporation sole.

57A(3)  (Repealed by No 44 of 1999, Sch 3, Pt 2 (effective 1 July 1999).)

57A(4)  [Exempt bodies are not corporations]  

An exempt body in relation to this jurisdiction (as defined in section 66A) is not a corporation .