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CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) ACT 2006 - SECT 115.15

Registrar may direct corporation to change the location of its document access address

  (1)   If the Registrar is satisfied that the corporation's document access address is not in an area that allows the corporation's members appropriate access to the corporation's books, the Registrar may direct the corporation to change its document access address so that it is within the area specified in the direction.

  (2)   The direction must:

  (a)   be given by notice in writing to the corporation; and

  (b)   specify the period within which the direction must be complied with.

  (3)   The period specified under paragraph   (2)(b) must be at least 28 days after the day on which the notice is given to the corporation.

  (4)   The corporation commits an offence if it does not comply with the direction.

Penalty:   5 penalty units.

  (5)   An offence against subsection   (4) is an offence of strict liability.

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

  (6)   A direction under subsection   (1) is not a legislative instrument.


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