Corporations Act 2001
[ CCH Note: Ch 2N heading will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1 [ 633], by omitting " ASIC " , (effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation).]
Respond if a particular is incorrect
346C(1)
A company, a responsible entity of a registered scheme or an operator of a notified foreign passport fund must respond to an extract of particulars that it receives if any particular set out in the extract is not correct as at the date of receipt. The response must comply with subsection (3) .
Respond if required to provide a particular
346C(2)
A company, a responsible entity of a registered scheme or an operator of a notified foreign passport fund must respond to an extract of particulars that it receives if the extract includes a requirement to provide a particular under section 346B . The response must comply with subsection (3) .
Contents of response
346C(3)
The response to an extract of particulars by a company, the responsible entity of a registered scheme or the operator of a notified foreign passport fund: (a) must be lodged within 28 days after the date of issue of the extract; and (b) must be in the prescribed form; and (c) must be signed or authenticated; and (d) if subsection (1) applies - must be such that the particulars set out in the extract, taken together with the response, are correct as at the date the response is signed or authenticated; and (e) if subsection (2) applies - must provide the required particular, correct as at the date the response is signed or authenticated.
[ CCH Note: S 346C(3) will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1[646] and [ 647], by inserting " with the Registrar " after " lodged " in para (a), substituting para (b) and repealing para (c) (effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation). Para (b) will read:
(b) must meet any requirements of the data standards; and]
Response satisfies other requirements to notify
346C(4)
If a company responds to an extract of particulars: (a) correcting a particular; or (b) providing a particular;
in accordance with subsection (3) , any requirement elsewhere in this Act to lodge a prescribed form in relation to the particular is satisfied by the response.
[ CCH Note: S 346C(4) will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1[648], by substituting " give notice (however described) " for " lodge a prescribed form " , (effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation).]
346C(5)
Subsection (4) does not affect the company ' s liability for late lodgment fees incurred before the response to the extract of particulars is lodged or continuing offences committed before that time.
[ CCH Note: S 346C(5) will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1[649], by inserting " with the Registrar " after " lodged " , (effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation).]
Strict liability offences
346C(6)
An offence based on subsection (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
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