Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

CHAPTER 16 - REGISTRAR AND DEPUTY REGISTRARS OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CORPORATIONS  

PART 16-3 - REGISTRAR ' S FUNCTIONS AND POWERS  

Division 658 - Registrar ' s functions and powers  

SECTION 658-5  

658-5   AIMS OF THE REGISTRAR  
The Registrar, in performing his or her functions and exercising his or her powers, must have the following aims:

(a)    to facilitate and improve the effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and accountability of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations; and

(b)    to provide certainty:

(i) for the members, officers and employees of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation in their dealings with the corporation and with each other; and

(ii) for persons outside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations in their dealings with those corporations; and

(c)    to have regard to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tradition and circumstances; and

(d)    to administer the laws of the Commonwealth that confer functions and powers on the Registrar effectively and with a minimum of procedural requirements; and

(e)    to ensure that information is available as soon as practicable for access by the public.