Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492:section:6:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 8/175)
Character Range: 191561–194318

if:
 (a) the corporation has one or more places of business in Australia; and
 (b) one of those places of business is not the corporation's registered office.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
 (7) The corporation commits an offence if:
 (a) the corporation's registered office address changes; and
 (b) the corporation does not lodge the notice required by subsection (3) within 28 days after the change.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
 (8) An offence against subsection (5) or (6) or paragraph (7)(b) is an offence of strict liability.
Note 1: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
Note 2: A secretary of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation may be liable for a civil penalty for a contravention of subsection (5), (6) or (7). See sections 265‑40 and 386‑10.

112‑10  Registrar may change address of registered office to a director's address
 (1) If the corporation does not occupy the premises at the address of its registered office, the corporation must be able to show the Registrar the occupier's written consent to the corporation's use of those premises as its registered office.
Note: The Registrar can require the corporation to produce the consent (see section 112‑20).
 (2) The corporation commits an offence if it contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
 (3) An offence against subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (4) If the Registrar becomes aware that the occupier of those premises:
 (a) has not consented to the use of the premises as the address of the corporation's registered office; or
 (b) has withdrawn the consent;
the Registrar may:
 (c) give written notice to a director of the corporation who resides in Australia that the Registrar intends to change the address of the corporation's registered office to the director's address; and
 (d) if the Registrar is not notified of the address of the corporation's proposed new registered office under section 112‑5 within 14 days after the notice under that section is sent—change the address of the corporation's registered office to the address of that director.
 (5) A notice under paragraph (4)(c) is not a legislative instrument.

112‑15  Corporation's name must be displayed
 (1) The corporation must display its name and ICN prominently at its registered office. The corporation must also display its name and ICN at every place at which the corporation carries on business if that place is open to the public.
 (2) The corporation commits an offence if the corporation fails to prominently display its name and ICN:
 (a) at its registered office; or
 (b) at a place at which the corporation carries on business that is open to the public.
Penalty: 10 penalty