THE CORPORATIONS LAW

CHAPTER 5B - BODIES CORPORATE REGISTERED AS COMPANIES, AND REGISTRABLE BODIES

PART 5B.2 - REGISTRABLE BODIES

Division 3 - Bodies registered under this Part

SECTION 601CT   REGISTERED OFFICE  

601CT(1)  (Office hours)  

A registered body shall have a registered office in Australia to which all communications and notices may be addressed and that shall be open:

(a)  if the body has:

(i) lodged a notice under subsection (2); or

(ii) lodged a notice under subsection (2) and a notice or notices under subsection (4);

for such hours (being not fewer than 3) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on each business day as are specified in that notice, or in the later or last of those notices, as the case may be; or

(b)  otherwise - each business day from at least 10 am to 12 noon and from at least 2pm to 4pm;

and at which a representative of the body is present at all times when the office is open.

601CT(2A)  [All registered offices to be at same place]  

A registered body must ensure that its registered office under this section and its registered offices under the laws corresponding to this section are all at the same place.

601CT(2)  [Lodgment of notice of hours]  

A registered body may lodge written notice of the hours (being not fewer than 3) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on each business day during which the body's registered office is open.

601CT(3)  [Change in situation of registered office]  

Within 7 days after a change in the situation of its registered office, a registered body shall lodge a written notice of the change and of the new address of that office.

601CT(4A)  [Deemed change of situation of registered office]  

Where:

(a)  a registered body has a registered office under a law corresponding to this section; and

(b)  the situation of that office changes;

the situation of the body's registered office under this section is taken to change to the new situation of the office referred to in paragraph (a).

601CT(4)  [Notice of change of hours]  

A registered body that has lodged a notice under subsection (2) shall, within 7 days after a change in the hours during which its registered office is open, lodge a notice, in the prescribed form, of the change.