Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) ACT 2006 - SECT 658.5

                   The Registrar, in performing his or her functions and exercising his or her powers, must have the following aims:

                     (a)  to facilitate and improve the effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and accountability of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations; and

                     (b)  to provide certainty:

                              (i)  for the members, officers and employees of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation in their dealings with the corporation and with each other; and

                             (ii)  for persons outside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporations in their dealings with those corporations; and

                     (c)  to have regard to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tradition and circumstances; and

                     (d)  to administer the laws of the Commonwealth that confer functions and powers on the Registrar effectively and with a minimum of procedural requirements; and

                     (e)  to ensure that information is available as soon as practicable for access by the public.