Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006

CHAPTER 3 - BASIC FEATURES OF AN ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CORPORATION  

PART 3-7 - REGISTERED OFFICE OR DOCUMENT ACCESS ADDRESS  

Division 115 - Document access address  

SECTION 115-5   CORPORATION TO HAVE DOCUMENT ACCESS ADDRESS  

115-5(1)    
The corporation must have a document access address in Australia.

Note 1:

Certain documents must be kept at this address and must be available for inspection at this address.

Note 2:

The document access address is not an address at which documents can be served on the corporation. See section 120-1 for the addresses at which documents can be served on the corporation.

115-5(2)    
The corporation must lodge notice of a change of address of its document access address with the Registrar not later than 28 days after the date on which the change occurs.

Note:

If the corporation is not to be the occupier of premises at the address of its document access address, the notice must state that the occupier has consented to the address being specified in the notice and has not withdrawn that consent (see section 115-20 ).

115-5(3)    
A notice of change of address takes effect from the later of:

(a)    the seventh day after the notice was lodged; or

(b)    a later day specified in the notice as the date from which the change is to take effect.

115-5(4)    
The corporation commits an offence if the corporation does not have a document access address in Australia.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

115-5(5)    
The corporation commits an offence if:

(a)    the corporation ' s document access address changes; and

(b)    the corporation does not lodge the notice required by subsection (2) within 28 days after the change.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

115-5(6)    
An offence against subsection (4) or paragraph (5)(b) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:

For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .