Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 No. 109 of 1989 - SECT 225

225. (1) At a general meeting of a public company, a motion for the
appointment of 2 or more persons as directors by a single resolution shall not
be moved unless a resolution that it be moved has first been agreed to by the
meeting without any vote being cast against it.

(2) A resolution passed pursuant to a motion moved in contravention of this
section is void, whether or not the moving of the motion was objected to at
the time.

(3) Where a resolution pursuant to a motion moved in contravention of this
section is passed, no provision for the automatic re-appointment of retiring
directors in default of another appointment applies.

(4) For the purposes of this section, a motion for approving a person's
appointment or for nominating a person for appointment shall be treated as a
motion for the person's appointment.

(5) Nothing in this section applies to a resolution altering the company's
articles.

(6) Nothing in this section prevents the election of 2 or more directors by
ballot or poll.