Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CORPORATIONS (ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER) ACT 2006 - SECT 85.15

  (1)   An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation must set out its name on all its public documents and negotiable instruments.

  (2)   Subject to sections   85 - 20 and 85 - 25, if the corporation's ICN is not used in its name, the corporation must also set out with its name, or with one of the references to its name, the expression "Indigenous Corporation Number" followed by the corporation's ICN.

  (3)   If the corporation's name appears on 2 or more pages of the document or instrument, this must be done on the first of those pages.

Note 1:   If an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation has a common seal, its name and ICN must be set out on the seal (see section   42 - 25).

Note 2:   An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation that is registered as a large corporation must display its name at its registered office and at places at which the corporation carries on business (see section   112 - 15).

Note 3:   Section   85 - 10 provides that "ICN" is an acceptable abbreviation of "Indigenous Corporation Number".

  (4)   An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation commits an offence if it contravenes subsection   (1), (2) or (3).

Penalty:   10 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 .