Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

CHAPTER 4 - MEMBERS AND OBSERVERS  

PART 4-4 - PROTECTION OF MEMBERS ' INTERESTS  

Division 169 - When may a person bring or intervene in proceedings on behalf of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation?  

SECTION 169-1   BRINGING, OR INTERVENING IN, PROCEEDINGS ON BEHALF OF A CORPORATION  

169-1(1)    
A person who is:

(a)    either:

(i) a member, former member, or person entitled to be registered as a member of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation or of a related body corporate; or

(ii) an officer or former officer of the corporation; or

(iii) the Registrar; and

(b)    acting with leave granted under section 169-5 ; may:

(c)    bring proceedings on behalf of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or

(d)    intervene in any proceedings to which an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation is a party for the purpose of taking responsibility on behalf of the corporation for those proceedings, or for a particular step in those proceedings (for example, compromising or settling them).

169-1(2)    
Proceedings brought on behalf of the corporation must be brought in the corporation ' s name.

169-1(3)    
Any right a person may have otherwise had at general law to bring, or intervene in, proceedings on behalf of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation is abolished.

Note:

This section does not prevent a person bringing, or intervening in, proceedings on the person ' s own behalf in respect of a personal right.