Corporations Act 2001

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)
A registered body must have a registered office in this jurisdiction to which all communications and notices may be addressed and that must 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 am and 5 pm 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 2 pm to 4 pm;

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

601CT(2)
A registered body may lodge written notice of the hours (being not fewer than 3) between 9 am and 5 pm on each business day during which the body ' s registered office is open.

[ CCH Note: S 601CT(2) will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1[912] and [ 913], by inserting " with the Registrar " after " lodge " and " The notice must meet any requirements of the data standards. " at the end of subsection, (effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation).]

601CT(3)
Within 7 days after a change in the situation of its registered office, a registered body must lodge a written notice of the change and of the new address of that office.

[ CCH Note: S 601CT(3) will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1[914] and [ 915], by inserting " with the Registrar " after " lodge " and " The notice must meet any requirements of the data standards. " at the end of subsection, (effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation).]

601CT(4)
A registered body that has lodged a notice under subsection (2) must, 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.

[ CCH Note: S 601CT(4) will be amended by No 69 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1[916], by substituting " with the Registrar a notice of the change. The notice must meet any requirements of the data standards. " for " a notice, in the prescribed form, of the change. " , (effective 1 July 2026 or a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation).]

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