After regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations , the following regulation is inserted in Part 2:

5A.     Prescribed bodies corporate

For the purposes of the definition of prescribed body corporate in section 2(1) of the Act, each Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation, within the meaning of the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 of the Commonwealth, is prescribed.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953 .

Notified in the Gazette on 4 November 2015

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Associations Incorporation Regulations 2007 so as to enable certain Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander incorporated associations to become prescribed bodies corporate for the purposes of the Associations Incorporation Act 1964 .