Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

CHAPTER 6 - OFFICERS  

PART 6-3 - APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARIES AND CONTACT PERSONS  

Division 257 - Appointment of secretaries and contact persons  

SECTION 257-35  

257-35   SECRETARY MUST PASS ON COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED  
A person commits an offence if:

(a)    the person has been appointed with his or her consent to be the secretary of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; and

(b)    while the person is entered on the Register of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations as the secretary of the corporation the person receives a communication for the corporation; and

(c)    the person fails to pass the communication on to at least one of directors of the corporation within 14 days after receiving the communication.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.