Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006
PART 6-7A - DIRECTOR IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
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Hide history noteSECTION 308-20 REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A DIRECTOR IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
308-20(1)
An eligible officer commits an offence if the officer does not have a director identification number.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.
308-20(2)
Subsection
(1)
does not apply if:
(a) the officer applied to the Commonwealth Registrar under section 308-10 for a director identification number:
(i) before the day the officer first became an eligible officer (or an eligible officer within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 ); or
(ii) if the regulations specify an application period - within that period, starting at the start of that day; or
(iii) within the longer period (if any) the Commonwealth Registrar allows under section 308-30 , starting at the start of that day; and
(b) the application, and any reviews arising out of it, have not been finally determined or otherwise disposed of.
Note:
A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (2) : see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .
308-20(3)
Subsection
(1)
does not apply if the officer became an eligible officer without the officer
'
s knowledge.
Note:
A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3) : see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .
308-20(4)
An offence based on subsection
(1)
is an offence of strict liability.
Note:
For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
308-20(5)
A person who contravenes, or is involved in a contravention of, subsection
(1)
contravenes this subsection.
Note 1:
This subsection is a civil penalty provision (see section 386-1 ).
Note 2:
Section 694-55 defines involved in .
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