Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CORPORATIONS ACT 1989 No. 109 of 1989 - SECT 659

659. (1) An offeror is not entitled to serve a notice under section 657 unless
a copy of the notice has been registered by the Commission.

(2) Where a copy of a notice is lodged for registration under subsection (1),
the Commission shall not register the copy of the notice unless:

   (a)  in the case of a notice under subsection 657 (1)-the Commission is of
        the opinion that the proposed variation is permitted by this Division;
        and

   (b)  in the case of a notice under subsection 657 (1) or (2)-the notice
        appears to have been signed:

        (i)    if the offeror is, or includes, a natural person or natural
               persons-by that person or each of those persons; and

        (ii)   if the offeror is, or includes, a body corporate or bodies
               corporate-by a director or directors of the body corporate or
               of each of the bodies corporate.

(3) A copy of a notice referred to in subsection 657 (1) or (2) shall, when
sent in accordance with paragraph 657 (1) (b) or (2) (b), have endorsed on it
a statement that another copy of the notice has been registered by the
Commission and that the Commission takes no responsibility as to the contents
of the notice and specifying the date on which that other copy was so
registered.