Corporations Act 2001

CHAPTER 2D - OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES  

PART 2D.6 - DISQUALIFICATION FROM MANAGING CORPORATIONS  

Note: This Part does not apply to a CCIV: see section 1224E .

SECTION 206BA   EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION UNDER SECTION 206B  

206BA(1)    

This section applies if:

(a) under subsection 206B(1) ; or

(b) as a result of the operation of subsection 279-5(1) of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 and subsection 206B(5) of this Act;

a person is disqualified from managing corporations on being convicted of an offence.

206BA(2)    
On application by ASIC, the Court may extend by up to an additional 15 years the period of disqualification.

206BA(3)    
ASIC must apply:

(a) before the period of disqualification begins; or

(b) before the end of the first year of the disqualification.

206BA(4)    
ASIC may apply only once in relation to the disqualification.

206BA(5)    
In determining whether an extension is justified (and if so, for how long), the Court may have regard to any matters that the Court considers appropriate.