Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Registrar may call and arrange to hold a general meeting (other than an AGM) of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation if:
(a) the corporation has called the meeting for a particular day but it has not been held for 14 days after that day; or
(b) the Registrar has been requested to do so in writing by at least the required number of members of the corporation under subsection (9); or
(c) the corporation has not held a general meeting within 3 months after the corporation is registered; or
(d) the Registrar is satisfied that, in the circumstances of the corporation, there is a need to do so.
Meeting may be held for any purpose
(2) The Registrar may call and arrange to hold the meeting for any purpose relevant to the corporation that the Registrar thinks appropriate and, in the case of a meeting called under paragraph (1)(a), the Registrar may include in the notice of the meeting a matter that was not in the original notice of meeting.
(3) The notice of the convening of the meeting is not a legislative instrument.
(4) A meeting called by the Registrar under this section is to be chaired by:
(b) another individual authorised by the Registrar.
(5) The rules in Chapter 5 (meetings) (except section 201 - 75) apply to a meeting called under this section unless the Registrar determines in writing that some or all of those rules do not apply. The determination must:
(a) specify the rules that do not apply; and
(b) specify such other rules (if any) as the Registrar thinks appropriate to apply to the meeting.
(6) A determination under subsection (5) is not a legislative instrument.
Meeting may be called even if no resolutions to be put to it
(7) The Registrar may call and hold a meeting under this section even if the notice of meeting indicates that no resolutions are to be put at the meeting.
(8) The Registrar may authorise a person to attend a meeting called under this section as an observer. A person so authorised is entitled to attend the meeting.
(9) The required number of members for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation is the greater of:
(a) 5 members of the corporation; or
(b) 10% of the members of the corporation.
(10) The regulations may prescribe a different number of members for the purposes of applying paragraph (9)(a) to:
(a) a particular Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or
(b) a particular class of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation.
Without limiting this, the regulations may specify the number as a percentage of the number of members of the corporation.
(11) The regulations may prescribe a different percentage for the purposes of applying paragraph (9)(b) to:
(a) a particular Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or
(b) a particular class of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation.