(1) A register that is required by section 271 to be kept by a company must be kept at the registered office or at an office at the principal place of business in this jurisdiction of the company but:

(a)

if the work of making up the register is done at another office of the company in this jurisdiction, it may be kept at that other office; or

(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 in this jurisdiction, it may be kept at that office; or

(c)

if ASIC approves, it may be kept at another office in this jurisdiction, being an office of the company or of another person.

(3) If default is made in complying with subsection (1) in its application to any 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 on its behalf and is in default, are each guilty of an offence. (4) A company must, within 7 days after any register of the company to which subsection (1) 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 is kept and must, within 7 days after any change in the place at which the register is kept, lodge notice of the change. (5) If default is made in complying with subsection (4) in its application to any register of a company, the company and any officer of the company who is in default are each guilty of an offence. (7) In this section, unless the contrary intention appears, "company" includes a registered body.