Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 No. 109 of 1989 - SECT 270

270. (1) Where a notice in respect of a charge on property of a company is
required to be lodged under section 263 or 264 or subsection 268 (2), the
notice may be lodged by the company or by any interested person.

(2) Where default is made in complying with section 263 or 264 or subsection 
268 (2) in relation to a registrable charge on property of a company, the
company and any officer of the company who is in default each contravene this
subsection.

(3) Where a person who becomes the holder of a registrable charge fails to
comply with subsection 268 (1), the person and, if the person is a body
corporate, any officer of the body corporate who is in default, each
contravene this subsection.

(4) Where a document required by this Division other than subsection 268 (1)
to be lodged is lodged by a person other than the company concerned, that
person:

   (a)  shall, within 7 days after the lodgment of the document, give to the
        company a copy of the document; and

   (b)  is entitled to recover from the company the amount of any fees
        properly paid by the person on lodgment of the document.