Corporations Act 2001

CHAPTER 2G - MEETINGS  

PART 2G.2 - MEETINGS OF MEMBERS OF COMPANIES  

Note: This Part does not apply to a CCIV or its members. Instead, section 1228A applies a modified version of Part 2G.4 .

Division 6 - Proxies and body corporate representatives  

SECTION 250A   APPOINTING A PROXY  

250A(1)   [ Valid appointment]  

An appointment of a proxy is valid if it is signed, or otherwise authenticated in a manner prescribed by the regulations, by the member of the company making the appointment and contains the following information:

(a) the member ' s name and address;

(b) the company ' s name;

(c) the proxy ' s name or the name of the office held by the proxy;

(d) the meetings at which the appointment may be used.

An appointment may be a standing one.

250A(1A)   [ Different requirements for authentication]  

The regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1) may prescribe different requirements for the authentication of an appointment given to the company by different means (electronic or otherwise).

250A(2)   [ Company ' s constitution]  

If a company has a constitution, the constitution may provide that an appointment is valid even if it contains only some of the information required by subsection (1).

250A(3)   [ Undated appointment]  

An undated appointment is taken to have been dated on the day it is given to the company.

250A(4)    
(Repealed by No 42 of 2011, s 3, Sch 1, Pt 3 [ 33] (effective 1 July 2011).)

250A(5)    
(Repealed by No 42 of 2011, s 3, Sch 1, Pt 3 [ 33] (effective 1 July 2011).)

250A(5A)    
(Repealed by No 42 of 2011, s 3, Sch 1, Pt 3 [ 33] (effective 1 July 2011).)

250A(6)   [ Witnessing appointment]  

An appointment does not have to be witnessed.

250A(7)   [ Later appointment]  

A later appointment revokes an earlier one if both appointments could not be validly exercised at the meeting.