Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492:section:6:p38
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00492
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 38/175)
Character Range: 267829–270541

(a) be in writing; and
 (b) state any resolution to be proposed at the meeting; and
 (c) be signed by the members making the request; and
 (d) nominate a member (the nominated member) to be the contact member on behalf of the members making the request; and
 (e) be given to the corporation.
 (3) Separate copies of a document setting out the request may be used for signing by members if the wording of the request is identical in each copy.
 (4) The required number of members for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation is the greater of:
 (a) 5 members of the corporation; or
 (b) 10% of the members of the corporation.
 (5) The regulations may prescribe a different number of members for the purposes of applying paragraph (4)(a) to:
 (a) a particular Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or
 (b) a particular class of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation.
Without limiting this, the regulations may specify the number as a percentage of the number of members of the corporation.
 (6) The regulations may prescribe a different percentage for the purposes of applying paragraph (4)(b) to:
 (a) a particular Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation; or
 (b) a particular class of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation.

201‑10  When must directors comply with members' request?
 (1) If the directors resolve:
 (a) that the request under section 201‑5 is frivolous or unreasonable; or
 (b) that complying with the request would be contrary to the interests of the members as a whole;
a director, on behalf of all of the directors, may apply to the Registrar for permission to deny the request.
 (2) The application must:
 (a) be in writing; and
 (b) set out the ground on which the application is made; and
 (c) be made within 21 days after the request is made.
 (3) The directors must, as soon as is practicable after making the application, give the nominated member notice that an application has been made under subsection (1).
 (4) The Registrar must:
 (a) determine the application within 21 days after receiving it; and
 (b) notify the director, the corporation and the nominated member in writing of the outcome of the determination.

201‑15  When must a requested meeting be held?

No application to Registrar under section 201‑10
 (1) If a director has not applied to the Registrar under section 201‑10 in respect of the request, the directors must call the requested meeting within 21 days after the request is given to the corporation.

Application to Registrar under section 201‑10
 (2) If:
 (a) a director has applied under section 201‑10 in respect of the request; and
 (b) the Registrar's decision is that the ground is not made out;