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CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) ACT 2006 - SECT 246.5

Majority of director requirements

  (1)   A majority of the directors of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation must be individuals who are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons.

  (2)   A majority of the directors of the corporation must ordinarily reside in Australia.

  (3)   A majority of the directors of the corporation must be members of the corporation.

  (4)   A majority of the directors of the corporation must not be employees of the corporation.

  (5)   If a person is performing a chief executive officer function in relation to the corporation, the person may be a director of the corporation but cannot chair the directors' meetings. The person counts as an employee for the purposes of determining under subsection   (4) whether a majority of directors are employees.

Note:   For the meaning of chief executive officer function , see section   694 - 85.


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