Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 No. 109 of 1989 - SECT 1302

1302. (1) A register that is required by section 209, 215, 235, 242, 271, 715,
724 or 1047 to be kept by a company shall be kept at the registered office or
at an office at the principal place of business in Australia of the company
but:

   (a)  if the work of making up the register is done at another office of the
        company within Australia, it may be kept at that other office;

   (b)  if the company arranges with some other person to make up the register
        on its behalf and the office of that other person at which the work is
        done is within Australia, it may be kept at that office; or

   (c)  if the Commission approves, it may be kept at another office in
        Australia, being an office of the company or of another person.

(2) A branch register that is, pursuant to section 214 or 1048, kept in a
particular State or Territory by a company shall be kept at the principal
office, or at an office at the principal place of business, in that State or
Territory of the company but:

   (a)  if the work of making up the branch register is done at another office
        of the company within that State or Territory, it may be kept at that
        other office; (b) if the company arranges with some other person to
        make up the branch register on its behalf and the office of that other
        person at which the work is done is within that State or Territory, it
        may be kept at that office; or

   (c)  if the Commission approves, it may be kept at another office in
        Australia, being an office of the company or of another person.

(3) If default is made in complying with subsection (1) or (2) in its
application to any register or branch register of a company, the company, any
officer of the company who is in default, and any person who has arranged with
the company to make up the register or branch register on its behalf and is in
default, are each guilty of an offence.

(4) A company shall, within 7 days after any register or branch register of
the company to which subsection (1) or (2) applies is first kept at an office
other than the registered office or the principal office, as the case may be,
lodge notice of the address of the office where the register or branch
register is kept and shall, within 7 days after any change in the place at
which the register or branch register is kept, lodge notice of the change.

(5) If default is made in complying with subsection (4) in its application to
any register or branch register of a company, the company and any officer of
the company who is in default are each guilty of an offence.

(6) For the purposes of this section, a reference in subsection (1) to a
register required to be kept by a company under section 209 includes, if an
index is required to be kept under subsection (5) of that section, a reference
to the register and index.
(7) In this section, unless the contrary intention appears, "company" includes
a registered body.